Foucault Flashcards
How does Foucault relate to Marxists?
Discusses ideology explicitly
What happens in a panoptic society?
People learn to control themselves
Significance of Panoptic society
Coexistance of legal freedom and habitual dominance by creating real constraints
3 Effects of Panopticon
Self-regulating
Capture their soul
Make them obedient
Flaws of Foucault
Conspiracy
Goes too far (power in everything)
Teleological
Characterizations of punishment in the past
Focus on the soul
Public
Violent
Characterizations of modern punishments
Focus on the body
Private
Kind
Significance of bodies in power for Focualt
Ultimate material seized and shaped by political and penal institutions
Power for Foucault
Forms of domination
Assymterical balance of forces which operate in social relations
Knowledge for Foucault
Know-how upon which techniques depend and cognitive aspects of policies
Power-knowledge body relations
Point to cognitive aspects inherent in policies
How to train bodies in societies
Exercise
Repetition
Importance of disciplines like psychology and sociology to controlling the masses
Epitome of power-knowledge principles
