Research Article

POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Volume: 20 Number: 3 October 8, 2022
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POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The root and nature of power have been the subject of political discussions for centuries. We aim to evaluate the power relations in totalitarian regimes from the Foucauldian perspective by using a phenomenological research design and examining the works of three authors who have experienced a totalitarian regime. The works named Kallocain, the Captive Mind and In God's Underground are investigated under "discipline, subject and knowledge" concepts within Foucault's power relations scheme. Data is analyzed using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software MAXQDA. Our findings show that the construction of self and deception are essential ways of resisting and reversing confining power in totalitarian regimes. Besides, power in totalitarian regimes aims to seize the minds as well as the bodies, but the created penal economy is not prosperous at the desired level. Finally, although the truth systems developed by the intellectuals of these regimes impose new duties on the subjects, the main factor determining the direction of power relations is the comprehensiveness of reality.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Public Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 8, 2022

Submission Date

August 2, 2022

Acceptance Date

September 12, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 20 Number: 3

APA
Kurnaz, A., & Kara, M. (2022). POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Management and Economics Research, 20(3), 391-404. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1153002
AMA
1.Kurnaz A, Kara M. POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2022;20(3):391-404. doi:10.11611/yead.1153002
Chicago
Kurnaz, Ahmet, and Mustafa Kara. 2022. “POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE”. Journal of Management and Economics Research 20 (3): 391-404. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1153002.
EndNote
Kurnaz A, Kara M (October 1, 2022) POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Management and Economics Research 20 3 391–404.
IEEE
[1]A. Kurnaz and M. Kara, “POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE”, Journal of Management and Economics Research, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 391–404, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.11611/yead.1153002.
ISNAD
Kurnaz, Ahmet - Kara, Mustafa. “POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE”. Journal of Management and Economics Research 20/3 (October 1, 2022): 391-404. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1153002.
JAMA
1.Kurnaz A, Kara M. POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2022;20:391–404.
MLA
Kurnaz, Ahmet, and Mustafa Kara. “POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE”. Journal of Management and Economics Research, vol. 20, no. 3, Oct. 2022, pp. 391-04, doi:10.11611/yead.1153002.
Vancouver
1.Ahmet Kurnaz, Mustafa Kara. POWER RELATIONS IN TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: A FOUCAULDIAN PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2022 Oct. 1;20(3):391-404. doi:10.11611/yead.1153002