Introduction and Foucault's Concept of Power
Introduction Hello everyone! My name is Fletcher Holbrook. I am a senior International Studies major with minors in Management and Japanese at Webster University. I’m originally from Ohio, but I moved to St. Louis, Missouri to study at Webster. I’m looking forward to sharing my thoughts and opinions on various readings regarding the intersections of language and power. Thoughts on Language, Power, and Foucault Michel Foucault. Image via Wikimedia Commons . Before reading about Michel Foucault’s idea of power being everywhere, I personally only thought of power in the repressive aspect. Being threatened by those who are in a higher position of power is something that is clearly intimidating, so that is typically the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of power. Likewise, I thought of language in the same way, seeing it in the surface-level interpersonal relationships I have with those I interact with on a daily basis. Foucault does an incredible job at describing h...