Talk:राज्यनीति

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Hi,

Great work!

however,

I just translated this page into english and noticed that there is a serious omission concerning Foucault's concept of power that tends to present an incorrect rendition of his view of power. Under the title "Postmodern conception of power" (or similar) it states that Foucault analizes the prisons, psych institutions, hospitals etc to show the REPRESSIVE expressions of power. In reality most of Foucault's genealogy of power was developed to REFUTE the REPRESSIVE HYPOTHESIS which this site's reading has recreated. The page should read that Foucault shows that although power SOMETIMES acts in repressive ways (and please note that Foucalt saw the repressive ways as the exception to the norm that only occur in extreme cases and due to frustration) power MOST OFTEN ACTS IN PRODUCTIVE ways, HENSE his theory of BIO-POWER, where power acts on the body and the population as a whole (operates on 'life itself') to initiate social action. Also keep in mind how power is related to the subject in that power is a constitutive factor of the subject. Another key thing to note is the relationship between power and knowledge as well as the relationship between power and resistance. All of these points I make above are what make Foucault's theory of power, novel and importance, and explain why it has gotten so much attention.

I apologize for not including references as I am writing this from the top of my head only and it is to late to look for them 3am where I am. For references you would have to see his History of Sexuality and Discipline and Punishment works or Paul Rainbow's great intro "The Foucault Reader" where the index I'm sure would bring you to appropriate quotations.

cheers

• Thanks for the response. This page is just a copy of the English version. It was simply copied and pasted and has been translated slowly. I hope that once the completion of a significant part is achieved, a revision is done. Thanks for your interest in the article. Thank you.--Eukesh 16:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)