Demographic growth and production growth jointly drove the rise of disciplinary methods.
Evidence
One aspect of this conjuncture was the large demographic thrust of the eighteenth century; an increase in the floating population (one of the primary objects of discipline is to fix; it is an anti-nomadic technique); a change of quantitative scale in the groups to be supervised or manipulated (from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the eve of the French Revolution, the school population had been increasing rapidly, as had no doubt the hospital population; by the end of the eighteenth century, the peace-time army exceeded 200,000 men). The other aspect of the conjuncture was the growth in the apparatus of production, which was becoming more and more extended and complex; it was also becoming more costly and its profitability had to be increased. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 343
Categorization
- XREF: The demographic-pressure explanation can be set against the reader’s panopticon thesis: Oceania’s surveillance also tracks a need to fix and manage a populous multiplicity. — connects to: Discipline evolved from distributing bodies to composing forces into machines — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 247; The modern concept of progress and individual development emerged from techniques of power. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 243; Disciplines function as machinery for capitalizing and accumulating time — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 239
Related
- The modern concept of progress and individual development emerged from techniques of power. (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Discipline evolved from distributing bodies to composing forces into machines
#expands(0.82) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 247 - Disciplines function as machinery for capitalizing and accumulating time
#expands(0.78) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 239 - The modern concept of progress and individual development emerged from techniques of power.
#qualifies(0.72) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 243