"Man muß wohl auch einer Denktradition entsagen, die von der Vorstellung geleitet ist, daß es Wissen nur dort geben kann, wo die Machtverhältnisse suspendiert sind, daß das Wissen sich nur außerhalb der Befehle, Anforderungen, Interessen der Macht entfalten kann. Vielleicht muß man dem Glauben entsagen, daß die Macht wahnsinnig macht und daß man nur unter Verzicht auf die Macht ein Wissender werden kann."
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Überwachen und Strafen. Die Geburt des Gefängnisses. Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt/Main 1976, ISBN 3-518-27784-7, S. 39
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Michel Foucault
1926 – 1984
französischer Philosoph
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