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In Discipline and Punish, Foucault explains how disciplinary power is used to produce subjects who internalize power and as a result, regulate themselves as their own jailors. Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon model is brought up as a prime example of a form of technological power used in the mid- 19th Century to generate this disciplinary power. The model uses a tower which is placed at the center of a circular prison building. From this tower, the wardens and guards are able to view any prisoner at…

Disturbance, nuisance, annoyance: words that are often used to describe the catalyst to one of nature’s most sublime undertakings: the conception of a pearl. As implausible as it may seem, the process through which such magnificent phenomenon develops is triggered by a speck of sand that makes its way into an oyster. The oyster responds by coating the intruder in an attempt to mitigate the pain. This coating, however, serves to amplify the pain rather than alleviate it as was…

When reading both “Foucault and the Disciplinary Society” By Riki Wilchins and “The History of Sexuality” by Michel Foucault the concept of discursive power stood out to me as an important concept. Foucault describe discursive power as the “account for the fact that it is spoken about, to discover who does the speaking, the positions and viewpoints from which they speak, the institutions which prompt people to speak about it and which store and distribute the things that are said”(Foucault, pg…

Historically, films and T.V. shows containing demonic possession have grossed millions of dollars. There are multiple reasons as to why exorcism culture has boomed in pop media. Due to multiple streaming services, and looser broadcast standards, there are thousands of more options for people to upload and watch videos that were once unattainable. These streaming services can range from Ghost Hunters, to the darker more sinister side of YouTube. People can relate to possession, because the threat…

In part three, Scientia Sexualis, of “The History of sexuality” Foucault focuses on power structures of confession and the medical field, Foucault asks “how did this immense and traditional extortion of the sexual confession come to be constituted in scientific terms?”(Foucault pg. 65) Foucault was concerned with how talking about sex became a specific issue in the sciences, especially the medical sciences. Foucault provides an answer to this question with five critical points. In unpacking…

The film, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," directed by Michel Gondry, is a critically acclaimed science fiction/romance. This film follows Joel Barish's and Clementine Kruczynski's separation after a miserable, two-year relationship. They both separately undergo a procedure performed by the Lacuna Company. The company's technicians have the technology that allows them to erase people's memories and certain past experiences, in which the procedure takes place while the person is a sleep.…

The two theorist that I have chosen to characterize are Herbert Marcuse and Michel Foucault. First, I am going to start with Michel Foucault. Foucault is widely known for shaping the understanding of power. According to Foucault, power is what shapes us as humans. “Foucault uses the term ‘power/knowledge’ to signify that power is constituted through accepted forms of knowledge, scientific understanding and ‘truth’” (PowerCube.) Foucault states that power and knowledge go hand in hand. Foucault…

Jeremy Bentham model called panopticon, is proposed for places where it is ideal to have high surveillance on the occupants and limiting their knowledge of the people watching them. Bentham believed that people better behave themselves when their actions are being watched by an unknown. Bentham explained in an example that a warden served as the overseer and the prisoners the ones being surveilled. The prisoners would be controlled by the deterrence of severe punishment if they were caught.…

Millbrook 's world was a whole different world than I had ever been exposed to. We had a very strict schedule filled with school six days a week, community service, sports, and study hall. Continuing with Weber’s “work hard achieve success” way of thinking, I put all my effort in each and every one of my classes. I worked hard in every aspect of my life and barely had a chance to take a breath. Four days per week, for a total of 2 hours, students and faculty devote time to service. Respect,…

"Panopticism" is a social theory created by Michel Foucault in his book Discipline and Punish. He defines this term as “the general principle of a new 'political anatomy ' whose object and end are not the relations of sovereignty but the relations of discipline" (Foucault 191). In other words, Foucault believes that institutions like the military, schools, and hospitals are controlled by requiring everyone to obey the rules and by punishing those who do not follow the rules to improve the…