1. Michel Foucault and the coloniality of power.
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Castro-Gómez, Santiago, Kopsick, Kyle, and Golding, David
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POWER (Social sciences) ,COLONIES ,SOCIAL theory ,MODERNITY - Abstract
Contrary to most postcolonial approaches that focus on modernity/coloniality, this article argues for the relevance of heterarchical theories of power. In his lectures at Collège de France, Foucault shifts from a microphysical and corpopolitical analytic of power towards a biopolitical analytic of power. This shift in Foucault's focus is analyzed through Quijano and Wallerstein's theorization of the modern/colonial world system. In doing so, this paper details the ways in which corpopolitics, biopolitics, and geopolitics operate on the micro-, meso- and macro-levels of power, respectively. Further decolonial research should give deeper consideration to heterarchical theories of power, particularly as they relate to multiple temporalities within the modern/colonial world system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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