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Notes:
[1] Morpheus. The Matrix. Dir. Lana Wachowski and Lily Wachowski. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1999. Motion Picture.
[2] Wayne Klein. Neitzche and the Promise of Philosophy. State University of New York Press, 1997. Print. Pg 63.
[3] Bent Flyvbjerg. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice. Chicago, London: U of Chicago, 1998. Print. Pg 2.
[4] Ann Bernays. The Century of the Self. Dir. Adam Curtis. BBC Four, 2002. Documentary.
[5] The phrase “Societies of Control” was coined by Gilles Deleuze in his essay, Postscript on the Societies of Control published in the October, Vol.59. (Winter, 1992) by The MIT Press.
[6] The terms “effective truth” (truth which facilitates the achievement of a desired outcome) and “real truth” (truth in the absolute sense) were coined by Niccolò Machiavelli his book ‘The Prince’ (1532).
[7] Maurizio Viroli. Machiavelli. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Print. Pg 82.
[8] A continuing dispute concerning whether, Michel Foucault’s ideas regarding ‘power-analytics’ and ‘geneology’ or Jürgen Habermas’ theories of ‘communicative rationality’ and ‘discourse ethics’ provide a better critique of the nature of Power and Rationality within society.
[9] Samantha Ashenden; David Owen. Foucault contra Habermas: Recasting the Dialogue between Geneology and Critical Theory. London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999. Print.