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C/P/404. Foucault's views on ideology, power relations and regimes of truth

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2011
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The paper argues whether the French historian and sociologist Michael Foucault is correct to dismiss ideology in favour of power relation and regimes of truth. Foucault’s attack on the idea of ideology is discussed contrasting his views with Marxist reliance on ideology, the concept ‘regimes of truth’ is explained.

 

KEYWORDS: Ideology, Foucault, power, truth, Marxism,