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Re:Science is political, and that's a bad thing by pksebben on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:50AM (#32699124)
Foucault lived when the actual Nazis were in power and saw the rise of eugenics, so I'd bet that has more to do with his relating power and the course of science than "scientists are respectable ergo oppressive". Iirc he was also fairly clear about how his analyses were rooted in observation of actual occurrence, and not an attempt to divine the essence of the idea of science and power.

context, man. it matters.

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Re:Science is political, and that's a bad thing by nyokodo on Saturday September 03, 2022 @12:33PM (#32703493)
> rooted in observation of actual occurrence

So by observation of actual occurrence Foucault means ignoring the entire history of science radically improving living conditions and extending lifespans for the previous centuries and instead conflating it with Nazis? That explains a lot.

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Re:Science is political, and that's a bad thing by UIUC_06 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @12:55PM (#32703711)
Orwell was a generation ahead of Foucault, but he lived through many of the same events. Unlike Foucault, he drew the correct conclusions about them. His work will still be read when Foucault is just a footnote.
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