Overall, Gramsci and Foucault’s works allow me to understand the art of philosophy and broadens my understanding and perception of society. It was very insightful to learn that philosophy can be interpreted through lived experiences and the truth interpreted as power and different hierarchal structures. In Gramsci's work “From The Prison Notebooks,” the author states that “the characteristics of the spontaneous philosophy which is proper to everyone”...everyone is a philosopher (59). Philosophy was valued and encompassed an individual’s thinking. Moreover, philosophy is broad and based on the individual’s experiences. As philosophy connects back to the concept “popular culture,” philosophy highlights the values, experiences, and morals of the individual. However, I can see there can be disagreements and lack of unity between different classes. The lack of unity comes from the challenges toward philosophies as there is no one philosophy that can unify all individuals. As there is disunity and the notions of philosophies bring struggles toward different classes, this relates back to the struggles and power in popular culture. In popular culture, there is resistance because there is a division in the public’s view toward popular culture. In addition, Foucault’s “Truth and Power” “truth is linked in a circular relation with systems of power which produce and sustain it, and the effects of power which it induces and which extend it” (43). This addresses that truth relates to the systems of power and seen as hierarchal scale. In other words, the truth can be interpreted differently by different social classes and is subjective. This is a good point in allowing us to understand that there are different perceptions in society, allows us to understand that culture is always changing, and there is no universal truth and culture.
Question: What is a factor that can bring unity in the society based on the notion of truth?
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