“There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations”

―Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

December 14, 2012 

I am aware of what Foucault is saying, however, it is a flawed paradox. He is speaking, about power relations as though "presupposed" as in a past tense, then reiterated, how its correlation somehow involves a constitution. If constitutional reform is to be present (not misrepresenting ­ Foucault's view) that power relations are in fact a deciding factor. (i.e. our own interpretation is a cause of power relation.) We might not as well infer power relation as a model - because our better understanding of it is a miscalculated approach. That the means of our actions each and every time (our actions) are governed, only in concept what power relation demands of us.

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"That the means of our actions each and every time (our actions) are governed, only in concept what power relation demands of us." (MA2012)

^This refutes everything Foucault has stated re; 'power relations'.

I highly disagree with Foucault.

"(a)If constitutional reform is to be present (not misrepresenting­ ­ Foucault's view) that power relations are in fact a deciding factor. (b) (i.e. our own interpretation is a cause of power relation.) (c) We might not as well infer power relation as a model - because (d) our better understanding of it is a miscalculated approach." (MA2012)

'a-b-c-d' - in that order.

^ Referring to 'b' how we interpret power relations in socio-political terms is the driving force of our reality based ideas. Therefore, power relations is a cause to SERVE our better interests. Foucault is saying we defer to power relations, but that is not true of our better interests.