Week 2: Truth and Power & Culture Resistance Reader: The Politics of Culture by Deanna Stilwell

Truth and Power
In the article, Foucault stated there are five definitions of the word truth. It’s clear that there is a relationship between power and knowledge. Although, intellectuals at the time did not speak upon it. What I got from this article is there is a relationship between knowledge and power, but no one really spoke about it so the author brought it up and clarified it. During the timeframe, Foucault is talking about, there were many new inventions and creations. People did not know what that meant. It now means so much more power. Having a smartphone today means you can have access to all these apps that can turn off electronics in your house, check your bank account, request a ride, order things online and so on. With all this knowledge, power comes along with it allowing us to see what we’re limited to and how we can fix other problems. Truth comes into play when people don’t know how much power they have. For example, social media people think social media is fairly private. That’s not true. In fact, Facebook has a complete record of everything you’ve ever sent in your messages and you can request a copy of it. You might be able to delete things, but Facebook will still have their own copy of your online actions. Facebook has grown so much since it first came out, now people can donate money through the website to help good causes like underdeveloped countries.

Culture Resistance Reader: The Politics of Culture

“Everyone is a philosopher, even if they are not consciously aware.” Everyone is a philosopher in the sense because we’re all a part of one mass and if we stick together and question what we don’t like we can win whatever argument we’re fighting for. I agree with this because we might not personally identify ourselves as philosophers, but we can be. We just have to have the right mind set. 

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