This essay aims to understand Michel Foucault's statement that his aim is to study the subject and not power. Through discussions on power relations and the new economy of power relations, Foucault has established his ground. He views power as omnipresent, discursive, and pervasive, not coercive. The essay discusses the objectification of the subject, with Foucault maintaining that humans have been made subjects upon which power is exerted from ancient times to contemporary era. Three modes of inquiry are provided to explain his point of using the subject as the central theme of his research rather than power.