Foucault, following Nietzsche more closely in having reduced knowledge to an expression of social power, urges us to play the brutal power politics game—though contrary to Nietzsche he urges that we play it on behalf of the traditionally disempowered.[116]
Why the traditionally disempowered? Seems almost like a contrarian attitude. And will it ultimately results in how the world "ought" to be? Why not subject the power structures to the dialectic and deal with the disfunctional parts? This approach would appear to add fuel to an already raging fire.
