Foucault’s Dismissal of Ideology: A Critique

IF 0.1 4区 社会学 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Romanian Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3126/jps.v21i1.39289
Khagendra Prasai
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Foucault dismisses ideology as an object of investigation in understanding power relations for three important reasons bearing on his rejection of true-false distinction, dismissal of reference to subject and trivialization of ideology. This paper argues against Foucault's claim and shows that investigation of ideology constitutes an important task in understanding relation of domination—which is substantiated by demonstrating firstly that the true-false distinction is not only ontologically real but also morally warranted; and secondly that ideology is not merely a passive effect of infrastructure of an oppressive social system but is in reciprocal relation with it and therefore plays an indispensably important role in maintaining the system in general and the present-day capitalism in particular.
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福柯对意识形态的否定:一种批判
福柯拒绝将意识形态作为理解权力关系的研究对象,有三个重要原因:他拒绝真假区分,拒绝对主体的提及和意识形态的轻视。本文对福柯的观点进行了反驳,并指出意识形态研究是理解支配关系的一项重要任务——首先证明真假区分不仅在本体论上是真实的,而且在道德上是有根据的;其次,意识形态不仅仅是压迫性社会制度的基础设施的被动影响,而且与之相互作用,因此在维持一般制度特别是当今资本主义方面起着不可或缺的重要作用。
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