Acid Horizon

An Introduction to Foucault and His Concepts

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Oct 15, 2022
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INSIGHT

Shifting Power Dynamics

  • Foucault's analysis in Discipline and Punish begins by questioning the scaffold's disappearance.
  • He contrasts public torture with the management of young prisoners, highlighting a shift in power dynamics.
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The Body and Power

  • Foucault analyzes shifts in power dynamics by focusing on the body.
  • He contrasts the condemned body's finality with the docile body's perpetual management and normalization.
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The Docile Soldier

  • The soldier exemplifies the docile body, shaped by disciplinary technologies.
  • Unlike earlier soldiers, the 18th-century soldier becomes something that can be molded and normalized.
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