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Power, discourse, and resistance: Poststructuralist influences in nursing
Author(s) -
Holmes Dave,
Gag Marilou
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nursing philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.367
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1466-769X
pISSN - 1466-7681
DOI - 10.1111/nup.12200
Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , power (physics) , sociology , harm , michel foucault , epistemology , empirical research , nursing research , psychology , nursing , social psychology , medicine , political science , philosophy , law , ecology , politics , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Abstract Based on our respective research programs (psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, public health, HIV/AIDS, harm reduction) this article aims to use purposely non‐conventional means to present the substantial contribution of poststructuralist perspectives to knowledge development in nursing science in general and in our current research in particular. More specifically, we call on the work of Michel Foucault and Deleuze & Guattari to politicize nursing science using examples from our empirical research programs with marginal and often highly marginalized populations. We discuss the concepts of power, discourse, and resistance to illustrate the essential contribution of poststructuralism to marginal, even “nomadic”, nursing research.