How to learn how to be a killer: Carnal knowledge
By Jennifer DitchburnCarnal Knowledge means knowing how to kill.A key component of a killer’s identity is that they’re a master of their craft. A recent report on serial killers from a U.K. agency found that the killers most frequently relied on “carnally know-how” to solve crimes.They were more likely to get away with their crimes if […]
Why is it that Foucault’s essay ‘The Power of Knowledge’ was so powerful for Foucauldian thought?
In his seminal essay ‘On Knowledge’, Foucaults claim that knowledge is “the highest form of knowledge”.This concept was used in his later writings as well, but it is often thought of as an esoteric philosophical concept.Foucaux’s ideas were largely ignored by mainstream academia until a few decades ago, when, following the collapse of the Soviet […]