Quote: "Finally, he demonstrates the "microphysics of power" that resides in the knowledge that is disseminated in discourse and embodied in laws, regulations, texts, and in the very architecture of hospitals, schools, and prisons, showing seemingly diverse discourse come together in formations that affect social practices and social controls. "It is in discourse", he says in the History of Sexuality, "that power and knowledge are joined together""
Question: Explain Foucault's quote above; what does he mean when he says discourse is where power and knowledge are found conjoined? How is this different from other rhetoricians we have discussed previously?
Comment: Foucault discussed the strategies and variations of discourse. What is important about acknowledging the variations of discourse? Is there different outcomes? Foucault acknowledged the fact that the different types of discourse result in how society is viewed and functioned. Laws and education are the two main effects on society when it comes to rhetoric. Foucault pointed out that knowledge has not been reached without discourse and practicing it will discover its complexities and the density of it.
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