Title: Sovereign power, disciplinary power and biopower: resisting what power with what resistance?
Abstract: This article links Foucaultian power forms with its corresponding resistance. If resistance is a reaction to power, then the characteristics of the power strategy/relation affect the kinds of resistance that subsequently prevail. Accordingly, it becomes interesting to discuss what kinds of resistance emanate from what kinds of power. We discuss this relationship between power and resistance by drawing on Foucault's 'triangle': (I) sovereign power; (II) disciplinary power; and (III) biopower. Thus, deviating from Foucaultian studies' preoccupation with 'power', we utilise Foucault in order to focus on 'resistance'. And by connecting to empirical examples from within the emerging field of resistance studies we argue that the peculiarities of power decide how resistance can be conducted.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-02
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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