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Science Shapes Subjects
- Foucault sees modern thought as more about producing subjects than studying 'power' in the abstract.
- He identifies sciences (like biology or political economy) that shape people by assigning them roles and norms.
Three Modes Of Subjectification
- Foucault lists three modes of subjectification: scientific classification, division, and institutional subsumption.
- Institutions like medicine or education make people live under predefined identities rather than raw bodily desires.
Power Is Diffuse, Not Sovereign
- Power in modernity is diffuse and distributed, not located in a single sovereign figure.
- This multiplicity of power realities opens new spaces for varied forms of resistance.