Power's manipulation of the minds and language's creation of knowledge: Foucault’s power knowledge as depicted in George Orwell's animal farm
Other Title(s)
تلاعب القوة بالعقول وخلق اللغة للمعرفة: مفهوم القوة والمعرفة عند فوكو كما تم تصويره في مزرعة الحيوانات لجورج أورويل
Author
al-Arif, Abd al-Naim Ibrahim Awad
Source
Journal of Qena Faculty of Arts
Issue
Vol. 2022, Issue 54، ج. 1 اللغات (31 Jan. 2022), pp.187-210, 24 p.
Publisher
South Valley University Qena Faculty of Arts
Publication Date
2022-01-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
24
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
This paper investigates the social and political control strategies of totalitarian societies.
Michael Foucault (1926–1984), a philosopher and thinker, proposed the idea of the incorporation of power and knowledge, which suggests that power creates knowledge and knowledge supports power.
The study's investigation into how political control is formed depends on approaching the close and polar relationship between power and knowledge.
Power creates the truth with the help of discursive practices and in its turn, the truth is to maintain and support the consistency of power.
In this paper, the researcher illustrates these hypotheses in George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Terrorism, torture, propaganda, and the rewriting of history and language are depicted in the novel as representing just a few strategies used to control and impose hegemony over mankind.
Having a look at Orwell's works, we can see that they demonstrate the power of the language of those in power.
Language and eloquence are employed throughout the novel to establish power.
Language manipulation and verbal commands helped make the farm control system successful.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Arif, Abd al-Naim Ibrahim Awad. 2022. Power's manipulation of the minds and language's creation of knowledge: Foucault’s power knowledge as depicted in George Orwell's animal farm. Journal of Qena Faculty of Arts،Vol. 2022, no. 54، ج. 1 اللغات, pp.187-210.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Arif, Abd al-Naim Ibrahim Awad. Power's manipulation of the minds and language's creation of knowledge: Foucault’s power knowledge as depicted in George Orwell's animal farm. Journal of Qena Faculty of Arts No. 54, p. 1 Languages (Jan. 2022), pp.187-210.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Arif, Abd al-Naim Ibrahim Awad. Power's manipulation of the minds and language's creation of knowledge: Foucault’s power knowledge as depicted in George Orwell's animal farm. Journal of Qena Faculty of Arts. 2022. Vol. 2022, no. 54، ج. 1 اللغات, pp.187-210.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-1390577