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Knowledge IS power: power to embed a particular discourse

Referring to Foucault's knowledge/power nexus: knowledge, or what and how we understand, IS power. It is the power to embed a particular discourse and its perspectives as the ‘natural’ one.

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Knowledge IS power: power to embed a particular discourse
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