Foucault Flashcards
How is torture similar/
different from mechanical solidarity?
a
How is the time-table similar/different from organic
solidarity?
a
How does punishment change over time?
Shifts from something directed toward the body to something directed toward the soul.
What is Foucault’s theory of power?
- Both positive and negative (repressive, but also used for productive ends) 2. Diffuse political tactic (beyond state and laws) 3. Exercised on body, not possessed like property 4. Reinforced by knowledge
How does disciplinary power operate?
It operates through three mechanisms: hierarchical observation, normalizing judgment, and examination. Disciplinary power creates individuals.
What is hierarchical observation?
A sort of surveillance from above, facilitated by a change in architecture.
What is normalizing judgement?
Goes hand in hand with HO, the info gathering for NJ. Comprised of micro-penalties, norms (+deviance from them), correction, reward/punishment, and rank.
What is examination?
When HO and NJ are combined, we get examination. It has three facets: objectification, data collection, individuals become cases (informational objects).
What is the Panopticon and how does it work?
The Panopticon is a system of surveillance so overwhelming that it trains people to behave according to externally imposed rules and norms of their own accord.
What are the economic and political functions of disciplinary power?
The (capitalist) economy gets its start from it. Democracy too, is underpinned by many minute -and hierarchical - disciplinary mechanisms.
What is Foucault’s position on DoL?
He would argue that it is brought about through disciplinary power. He would say to Marx and Durkheim that they concentrate on effects and ignore causes. “Power is exercised, not possessed” (directed at Marx). He would say to both that individuals don’t exist to be exploited or to attain social position until disciplinary power constitutes them.
