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<blockquote class="definition">'''Subjugated Knowledge''' (also called '''Marginal Knowledges''')<ref>McHoul, Alec, and Wendy Grace. A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the SUbject. New York: Routledge, 1993.</ref> are knowledges that have been disqualified from consideration due to the fact that they have been deemed as inadequate or insufficiently elaborated.<ref>Foucault, M. Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings. London: Harvester Press, 1980. p. 82</ref>
'''Subjugated Knowledge''' (also called '''Marginal Knowledges''')<ref>McHoul, Alec, and Wendy Grace. ''A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the Subject''. New York: Routledge, 1993.</ref> refers to 'entire domains of knowledge, practice, or symbolic tradition that have been disqualified, delegitimized, or rendered invisible'' because they conflict with the assumptions, goals, or interests embedded in the dominant [[Creative Framework]].
 
Often dismissed as primitive, irrational, unscientific, or "insufficiently elaborated" by institutional authorities,<ref>Foucault, M. ''Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings''. London: Harvester Press, 1980, p. 82.</ref> these knowledges are not abandoned due to epistemic failure but actively suppressed to prevent contradiction, challenge, or contamination of elite-controlled [[Creation Templates]].
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==Concept Map==
==Concept Map==


==Key Words==
[[Human Development Framework]] >> [[Creative Framework]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Creative Framework]]|format=ul|sort=Has sort CF}}
 
[[Subjugated Knowledge]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key word::Subjugated Knowledge]]|format=ul|sort=Has sort order}}
 
===Syncretic Terms===
 
[[Subjugated Knowledge]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Subjugated Knowledge]]}}
* Marginal Knowledge
* Forbidden Knowledge
* Alternative Knowledge
* Counter-Hegemonic Knowledge
* Rejected Epistemologies


[[Creation Template]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Creation Template]]|format=ul|sort=Has sort order}}  
===Related LP Terms===
* [[Ideological Institution]]
 
[[Subjugated Knowledge]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Subjugated Knowledge]]}}
* [[Creative Framework]]
* [[Knowledge System]]
* [[Ideology]]
* [[Indoctrination]]
* [[Authentic Spirituality]]
* [[Symbol Factory]]
* [[Symbol Factory]]
* [[System Architect]]
* [[Toxic Epistemology]]
* [[Subjugated Knowledge]]


===Related Terms===
===Non LP Related Terms===


[[Subjugated Knowledge]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Subjugated Knowledge]]}}
[[Subjugated Knowledge]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Subjugated Knowledge]]}}
* Epistemic Violence (Spivak)
* Cultural Hegemony (Gramsci)
* Discursive Exclusion (Foucault)
* Social Imaginary (Castoriadis)


===Notes===
== Key Characteristics ==
 
* '''Epistemic Disqualification''' – Subjugated Knowledges are excluded from legitimacy by claims of incoherence, irrationality, or lack of method, regardless of their healing utility or empirical resonance.
* '''Strategic Suppression''' – These knowledges often represent existential, spiritual, or political alternatives to elite frameworks and are thus suppressed via ridicule, marginalization, or institutional erasure.
* '''Threat to Ideological Control''' – By offering cosmological, ontological, or ethical alternatives, Subjugated Knowledges challenge the authority of elite-controlled [[Symbol Factories]] and [[Ideological Institutions]].
* '''Candidates for Recovery''' – Excavation and validation of subjugated knowledge is a key step in decolonization, healing, and planetary transformation (see [[Authentic Spirituality]] and [[Knowledge System]]).
 
== Examples ==
* ''Indigenous Spiritualities'' – Holistic systems grounded in land, connection, and reciprocal ethics, often dismissed as "superstition" or "myth." <ref>Lawlor, Robert. ''Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime''. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1991.</ref>
* ''Feminist Epistemologies'' – Deemed "subjective" or "unscientific" in male-dominated institutions.
* ''Mystical Experience Research'' – Marginalized in favor of behaviorism or neuroreductionism despite overwhelming human testimony (see [[Connection 100]]).
* ''Alchemy, Tarot, Hermeticism'' – Stripped of metaphysical depth and reduced to entertainment or pathology.
 
== Role in LP Framework ==
 
In the Lightning Path system:
* Subjugated Knowledges are often sources of **Authentic Knowledge** that support healing, [[Connection]], and [[Human Development]].
* Their suppression is a function of **Toxic Epistemology**, coordinated by agents of the [[Regime of Accumulation]] through ideological filtering mechanisms.
* Recovery of subjugated knowledge is essential for building a liberated, [[New Energy Creation Template]] aligned with human potential.
 
==Notes==


Indigenous spiritualities are examples of subjugated knowledge. See for example Lawlor <ref>Lawlor, Robert. Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1991.</ref>
Indigenous spiritualities are examples of subjugated knowledge. See for example Lawlor <ref>Lawlor, Robert. Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1991.</ref>


Foucault elaborates on methods by which knowledge is subjugated, and also methods of criticism that can excavate these knowledges. For an excellent introduction to Foucault, see "A Foucault Primer: Discourse, power, and the subject."<ref>McHoul, Alec, and Wendy Grace. A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the SUbject. New York: Routledge, 1993.</ref>
Foucault emphasizes that subjugated knowledges can be recovered through critical genealogy and recontextualization. See "A Foucault Primer" for a concise summary.<ref>McHoul, Alec, and Wendy Grace. ''A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the Subject''. New York: Routledge, 1993.</ref>
 


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Latest revision as of 13:20, 24 April 2025

Subjugated Knowledge (also called Marginal Knowledges)[1] refers to 'entire domains of knowledge, practice, or symbolic tradition that have been disqualified, delegitimized, or rendered invisible because they conflict with the assumptions, goals, or interests embedded in the dominant Creative Framework.

Often dismissed as primitive, irrational, unscientific, or "insufficiently elaborated" by institutional authorities,[2] these knowledges are not abandoned due to epistemic failure but actively suppressed to prevent contradiction, challenge, or contamination of elite-controlled Creation Templates.

Concept Map

Human Development Framework >> Creative Framework >

Subjugated Knowledge >

Syncretic Terms

Subjugated Knowledge >

  • Marginal Knowledge
  • Forbidden Knowledge
  • Alternative Knowledge
  • Counter-Hegemonic Knowledge
  • Rejected Epistemologies

Related LP Terms

Subjugated Knowledge >

Non LP Related Terms

Subjugated Knowledge >

  • Epistemic Violence (Spivak)
  • Cultural Hegemony (Gramsci)
  • Discursive Exclusion (Foucault)
  • Social Imaginary (Castoriadis)

Key Characteristics

  • Epistemic Disqualification – Subjugated Knowledges are excluded from legitimacy by claims of incoherence, irrationality, or lack of method, regardless of their healing utility or empirical resonance.
  • Strategic Suppression – These knowledges often represent existential, spiritual, or political alternatives to elite frameworks and are thus suppressed via ridicule, marginalization, or institutional erasure.
  • Threat to Ideological Control – By offering cosmological, ontological, or ethical alternatives, Subjugated Knowledges challenge the authority of elite-controlled Symbol Factories and Ideological Institutions.
  • Candidates for Recovery – Excavation and validation of subjugated knowledge is a key step in decolonization, healing, and planetary transformation (see Authentic Spirituality and Knowledge System).

Examples

  • Indigenous Spiritualities – Holistic systems grounded in land, connection, and reciprocal ethics, often dismissed as "superstition" or "myth." [3]
  • Feminist Epistemologies – Deemed "subjective" or "unscientific" in male-dominated institutions.
  • Mystical Experience Research – Marginalized in favor of behaviorism or neuroreductionism despite overwhelming human testimony (see Connection 100).
  • Alchemy, Tarot, Hermeticism – Stripped of metaphysical depth and reduced to entertainment or pathology.

Role in LP Framework

In the Lightning Path system:

  • Subjugated Knowledges are often sources of **Authentic Knowledge** that support healing, Connection, and Human Development.
  • Their suppression is a function of **Toxic Epistemology**, coordinated by agents of the Regime of Accumulation through ideological filtering mechanisms.
  • Recovery of subjugated knowledge is essential for building a liberated, New Energy Creation Template aligned with human potential.

Notes

Indigenous spiritualities are examples of subjugated knowledge. See for example Lawlor [4]

Foucault emphasizes that subjugated knowledges can be recovered through critical genealogy and recontextualization. See "A Foucault Primer" for a concise summary.[5]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ McHoul, Alec, and Wendy Grace. A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the Subject. New York: Routledge, 1993.
  2. ↑ Foucault, M. Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings. London: Harvester Press, 1980, p. 82.
  3. ↑ Lawlor, Robert. Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1991.
  4. ↑ Lawlor, Robert. Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1991.
  5. ↑ McHoul, Alec, and Wendy Grace. A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the Subject. New York: Routledge, 1993.



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