The Theme of Suffering in the Work of M. Foucault
Journal: RUDN Journal of Philosophy
Year: 2024

The article reveals the foundations of the theme of suffering in M. Foucault's concept. This topic unfolds at the level of Foucault’s discursive analysis and references to the concept of biopolitics. Knowledge becomes the unifying link for such contradictory phenomena. At the same time, the key thesis in the thinker’s approach is as follows: any knowledge about the world and a person’s place in it is transmitted through symbolic exchange, affects the subject's attitude to the surrounding reality