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- Title
Governmentality without Truth: An Essay on the Role of Foucauldian Thinking in a Post-Truth Society.
- Authors
Czyżewski, Marek
- Abstract
Considering the issue of power in Foucault will always lead to comments on the issue of knowledge and vice versa. What I suggest in this paper, however, is to look into both topics presented in the work by Foucault separately, at least to a certain extent. I believe that the evolution of these two threads in his works allows us to evaluate their suitability differently as far as their relevance to contemporary culture is concerned. Foucault's approach to the issue of power and its evolution towards so-called governmentality is evidence of how accurately he sensed the direction of changes to the Zeitgeist of Western civilizations, a fact which cannot be said about the evolution of Foucault's approach to the issue of knowledge, leaning towards the question of truth and truth-telling. The aim of this paper is to substantiate the outlined and differentiated evaluation of Foucault's oeuvre while, at the same time, highlighting the predominant features of contemporary culture. Special attention will be paid to the role of sociology in governmentality.
- Subjects
GOVERNMENTALITY; WESTERN civilization; SELF-control; ESSAYS
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology Review, 2021, Vol 17, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
1733-8077
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18778/1733-8077.17.1.4