▁some ▁of ▁the ▁moves ▁of ▁power . ▁In ▁the ▁present ▁climate ▁of ▁c yn ical ▁dis g ust ▁with ▁the ▁exercise ▁of ▁political ▁power , ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁importance ▁can ▁hardly ▁be ▁ex agger ated ." ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁work ▁on ▁" bi op ower " ▁has ▁been ▁widely ▁influ ential ▁within ▁the ▁discipl ines ▁of ▁philosophy ▁and ▁political ▁theory , ▁particularly ▁for ▁such ▁authors ▁as ▁Giorg io ▁Ag amb en , ▁Roberto ▁Esp os ito , ▁Antonio ▁Neg ri , ▁and ▁Michael ▁Hard t . ▁His ▁discuss ions ▁on ▁power ▁and ▁disc ourse ▁have ▁inspired ▁many ▁critical ▁the or ists , ▁who ▁believe ▁that ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁analysis ▁of ▁power ▁structures ▁could ▁aid ▁the ▁struggle ▁against ▁inequality . ▁They ▁claim ▁that ▁through ▁disc ourse ▁analysis , ▁hier arch ies ▁may ▁be ▁un cover ed ▁and ▁question ed ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁analyz ing ▁the ▁corresponding ▁fields ▁of ▁knowledge ▁through ▁which ▁they ▁are ▁legit im ated . ▁This ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ways ▁that ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁work ▁is ▁linked ▁to ▁critical ▁theory . ▁His ▁work ▁Dis cipl ine ▁and ▁P un ish ▁influenced ▁his ▁friend ▁and ▁contemporary ▁G illes ▁De le u ze , ▁who ▁published ▁the ▁paper ▁" Post script ▁on ▁the ▁Soci eties ▁of ▁Control ", ▁pra ising ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁work ▁but ▁arg uing ▁that ▁contemporary ▁western ▁society ▁has ▁in ▁fact ▁developed ▁from ▁a ▁' dis cipl inary ▁society ' ▁into ▁a ▁' soci ety ▁of ▁control '. ▁De le