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I think that the dictum is a translation or 
rather interpretation of L'achéologie du savoir, p. 15
  "de nos jours, l'histoire, c'est ce qui 
transforme les documents en monuments"

yours

machiel karskens


 At 11:24 9-11-2009, you wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Today someone mentioned the Foucaultian dictum 
> to me: "Power lies in monuments and documents."
>
> Do these words come directly from his own work? 
> If so, does anyone have a direct reference to 
> one of his works where this appears? If not, 
> does anyone know where this dictum appears in the secondary literature?
>
> Regards
> Charles Villet
>
>
>
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Prof. Machiel Karskens
social and political philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Radboud University Nijmegen - The Netherlands