The criticism of the reformers was directed not so much at the weakness or cruelty of those in authority, as at a bad economy of power. (Michel Foucault)

The criticism of the reformers was directed not so much at the weakness or cruelty of those in authority, as at a bad economy of power.

Michel Foucault

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