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| Discipline and Capital —An Analysis of Foucault and Bourdieus View of Power |
| Shi Chao1,2 |
| 1. College of Management, Sanda University, Shanghai 201209; 2. College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University, Taipei 11605, China |
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Abstract Since Aristotle, the issue of power has always been the focus of traditional political and social theories. Different from the traditional view of power, Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieus view provided us with an insightful alternative theory. Foucault proposed a modern micropower view and pointed out that power is a “relational” strategy, is “productive” and “disciplined” and exists everywhere. Bourdieu developed a theory of practice and symbolic power, interpreting power as a form of capital with special accumulation rules, operational rules and transformation rules. He also proved that the opposition between cultural capital and economic capital plays a role as a basic mechanism for distinguishing power in modern society.
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2019, Vol. 21 
