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Social Control

Both Michel Foucault and Truffaut's depiction of a
disciplinary society are nearly identical. But Truffaut's
interpretation sees more room for freedom within the disciplinary
society. The difference stems from Foucault's belief that the social
control in disciplinary pervades all elements of life and there is no
escape from this type of control. Foucault's work deals mostly with
"power" and his conception of it. Like Nietzsche, Foucault sees power
not as a fixed quantity of physical force, but instead as a stream of
energy flowing through all aspects of society, its power harnesses
itself in regulating the behavior of individuals, the systems of
knowledge, a societies ...

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painless, friendly, and impersonal coercive
tools of the modern world. In fact the success of these technologies
stems from their ability to appear unobtrusive and humane. These
prisons Foucault goes on to explain like many institutions in post
1700th century society isolate those that society deems abnormal.
This isolation seeks to attack the souls of people in order to
dominate them similar to how the torture and brutality of pre-1700th
century society sought to dominate the physical bodies of prisoners.
In Foucault's interpretation freedom from the pervasive influence of
"power" is impossible. Because his conception of "power" exists not
just in individual institutions of society like prisons but instead
exists in the structure of society and more importantly in peoples
thought systems, escape from social control is impossible. Foucault in
the last chapter talks about how even the reforms in the system have
been co-opted to further the ...

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Added: 5/28/2007 02:18:26 AM
Category: English
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