Knowledge and Power: Theories

Abstract: A 9 page paper which discusses aspects of the relationship between knowledge and power as seen by several theorists. The paper discusses how some believe that knowledge produces power, while others argue knowledge must be free from power in order to be true. The theorists and works discussed are Hobbes' "Leviathan," Nietzsche "On the Genealogy of Morals," Marx and Engel's reader (Jewish question, Communist Manifesto), Mill's "On Liberty," and Foucault's "Discipline and Punish" and "the subject and power." Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

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Catagory: Philosophy Of Religion, God'S Existence & Freewill

Subcatagory: Philosophy

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