Thursday, July 24, 2008

ENEMY OF THE STATE



POWER AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE
"ENEMY OF THE STASE"

“Knowledge is power, power is nothing without knowledge”- Michel Foucault. This message was expressed in the movie “Enemy of the state”.
What I saw in the movie, a congressman was killed by another congressman, but it was recorded by a hidden video camera, what are fitted by a natural analysts. It was seeing by NSA (National security agents) agents. They want to hijack the video. This video tape was sifted to lawyer Robert Clayton Dean before his death by a street accident. But dean didn’t known about this. The drama has been started. The NSA agent also knows about dean. They started their knowledge of technology as a power to trace all movements of dean. NSA agents had administration and law power. They knew how to apply the power, this knowing was their knowledge. Another way Dean had no knowledge, what was going on. I think they have superb power of technical, administration, and law, but they haven’t enough knowledge how to capture or control a single man. They can kill the dean, but why didn’t, I can’t understand. I think they have all of power, but shortage of knowledge. There is proved, Foucault theory. Power cannot be success without complete knowledge. In the movie, once a time dean meets with a former NSA communication analyst Edward Lyle a.k.a Brill, who was aware of all the NSA intelligence as he was one of them once. The dean and Bill then started mission of the power of knowledge against the NSA. They have knowledge of technology, not has power like the NSA. And they use this knowledge as power. At the last they ewon the war, by there power of knowledge.
The idea is reflected by the movie, knowledge and power both are depend on each other. And have to be a combination between knowledge and power for any types of success. What are said- Michel Foucault. Above all, it can say, with Foucault knowledge = power.
Refrence: Class text.

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