Comparing Michel Foucault's 'Space, Knowledge, And Power'

“I only meant to say that in the eighteenth-century one sees the development of reflection upon architecture as a function of the aims and techniques of the government of societies”(Michel Foucault,296). It is a narration of architectural idea that was affected by liberalism in the eighteenth century. When I compare the Michel Foucault “Space, Knowledge, and Power” and Mark Wigley “Deconstructive Architecture,”they indicate some differences for philosophy concept and architectural idea. The Michel Foucault refers to liberalism as the branch of philosophy, which was a great discovery of political thought or the idea of society at the end of the eighteenth century. At that time, the idea of society led to that the government seriously deal with the questions of domain and territory, because it involves power and governing. …show more content…
Michel Foucault said: “These were to establish a network of communication no longer corresponding necessarily to the traditional network of roads, but they nonetheless had to take into account the nature of society and its history ”(432). The Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees was important in political rationality in France in 18th. In my opinion, the governor utilizes building the network of roads, and design the architecture to strengthen reign, which is an influence that social consciousness affects the architecture.The engineers and builders of bridges, roads, viaducts, railways play the leading role in thinking out space. At that time, those people are “architects” This is a way to span architectural spaces that were unconsciously influenced by power in