Have you ever read Nietschze, with his conception of the "will to power"?
Foucault's
thinking is derivative of Nietschze's. According to their analysis, truth is
inherently ideological, as a manifestation of the "will to power" for a
certain group of people. In any formulation, there are certain assumptions
and expectations which are implicitly contained within the idea. Therefore,
what you referred to as "the spreading of power through truth" could also be
referred to as hegemonic indoctrination, which can be
utilized to consolidate the existing power of the hegemonic parties. For
example,
early Maoist China employed bands of proletarian propagandists to the rural
villages, to give lectures, to perform plays and to generally "educate" the
peasantry
as to the virtues of communism.
TRV
Foucault's
thinking is derivative of Nietschze's. According to their analysis, truth is
inherently ideological, as a manifestation of the "will to power" for a
certain group of people. In any formulation, there are certain assumptions
and expectations which are implicitly contained within the idea. Therefore,
what you referred to as "the spreading of power through truth" could also be
referred to as hegemonic indoctrination, which can be
utilized to consolidate the existing power of the hegemonic parties. For
example,
early Maoist China employed bands of proletarian propagandists to the rural
villages, to give lectures, to perform plays and to generally "educate" the
peasantry
as to the virtues of communism.
TRV