The power dispositif as a mean of communication: Foucault-Luhmann

  • Raúl Zamorano Farías National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • Rosario Rogel-Salazar Autonomous University of Mexico State
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2013.v50.n3.39248
Keywords: Genealogy of knowledge, power dispositif, general theory of social systems, symbolically gene-ralized media
Agencies: Consejo Naconal de Ciencia y Tecnología, México

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to identify the possible analytical provisions between two authors whose theoretical proposals might seem very distant: Michel Foucault and Niklas Luhmann. We analyze not only how the dispositif/difference that generates power relations operates, but also how it operates on its discourse manifestation, on its difference as a communication mean or in the construc-tion of meaning as a discursive regime by asking specifically: what does the power communi-cate/operate?

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Raúl Zamorano Farías, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Centro de Estudios Teóricos y Multidisciplinarios en Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
Rosario Rogel-Salazar, Autonomous University of Mexico State
Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, México.
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Published
2013-12-20
How to Cite
Zamorano Farías, R., & Rogel-Salazar, R. (2013). The power dispositif as a mean of communication: Foucault-Luhmann. Política Y Sociedad, 50(3), 959-980. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2013.v50.n3.39248
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Vol. 50 No. 3 (2013): Cuerpos abyectos y violencias: maricas y homosexuales, homofobia y estigmas
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Miscelaneus

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