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explain the following concepts michel foucault​

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Michel Foucault: key concepts

This page offers brief definitions of some of the key concepts in Foucault’s work. For a more complete list which also includes extensive details of where these concepts can be found in Foucault’s work please see Appendix 2: ‘Key Concepts in Foucault’s work’ in my book Michel Foucault (London: Sage, 2005).  The list below places more emphasis on definitions, whereas the list in the book provides a detailed structure of references for users of Foucault’s work.

If there are any key concepts that are not on this list but that you would like to see here send me an email and I will see what I can do.

© Clare O’Farrell 2007-2019

apparatus (dispositif)

Foucault generally uses this term to indicate the various institutional, physical and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures, which enhance and maintain the exercise of power within the social body. The original French term dispositif is rendered variously as ‘dispositif’, ‘apparatus’ and ‘deployment’ in English translations of Foucault’s work