Michel Foucault's claims that the power-knowledge relationship that is prevalent in society both on the large and small scale.

1) Michel Foucault's claims that the power-knowledge relationship that is prevalent in society both on the large and small scale. 2) Foucault argues on the different uses of power. The first one being, that is the physical power and the effect of this power on the mind of the individual. He suggest that this type of power which is usually use as punishment and extraction of information has gone from being a very physical and public ritual …

…talk how we act, etc.... This is what society calls "the norm," that is how the people making up the society should behave. Power is relations of force. Power is not a property it is a relation. Therefore, it can not be equated with anything it is dispersed throughout society. This simply means individual people are powerless within society. It is important to note that collectively however, people do potentially have a wealth of power.