TRUTH & POWER

Foucault- Truth & Power

Foucault- Truth & Power

The phrase “truth & Power” originated in 1955, where it was first published as a title to a religious-political pamphlet that proposed an alternative to the cold war. In its original form, the phrase is a political statement made by a religious organization on governmental authority. It has representative meaning in the denomination's resistance to the tyranny of Nazis prior to and during World War II. It has since been co-opted as a phrase used in leadership literature and has been variously labeled as upward feedback, (upward) dissent, upward influence, voice, and whistle-blowing. ...