"...discourse is not simply that which manifests (or hides) desire -- it is also the object of desire; and since, as history constantly teaches us, discourse is not that which translates struggles or systems of domination, but is the thing for which and by which there is struggle, discourse is the power which is to be seized."
In this quote, it seems to me that Foucault is saying that discourse causes struggle and must be "seized" if this struggle is to stop. Do you think this is true? Does discourse cause struggle? Does this mean discourse has no ability to bring about resolution?
I think that purposeful discourse always causes a little bit of struggle or conflict. Without a conflict or a struggle, there can’t even be a need for a resolution.
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