Disciplinary power is both everywhere-alert and permanently silent
Evidence
This enables the disciplinary power to be both absolutely indiscreet, since it is everywhere and always alert, since by its very principle it leaves no zone of shade and constantly supervises the very individuals who are entrusted with the task of supervising; and absolutely ‘discreet’, for it functions permanently and largely in silence. Discipline makes possible the operation of a relational power that sustains itself by its own mechanism and which, for the spectacle of public events, substitutes the uninterrupted play of calculated gazes. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 273
Categorization
- XREF: The telescreen is both ‘indiscreet’ (always on) and part of everyday silence — matching this description of disciplinary power. — connects to: Disciplinary power stays invisible while making its subjects compulsorily visible — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 288; Discipline operates through uninterpreted signals demanding automatic response — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 250; Disciplinary power inverts the visibility of ruler onto subjects, making them the observed — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 290 (+1 more)
Related
- Disciplinary power stays invisible while making its subjects compulsorily visible (similarity 0.87)
- Disciplinary power inverts the visibility of ruler onto subjects, making them the observed (similarity 0.81)
- Discipline operates through uninterpreted signals demanding automatic response (similarity 0.79)
- Disciplinary power aims at maximum effect at minimum cost and resistance. (similarity 0.79)
- Disciplinary power is a network function, not a possessed property (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Disciplinary power stays invisible while making its subjects compulsorily visible
#expands(0.92) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 288 - Disciplinary power inverts the visibility of ruler onto subjects, making them the observed
#expands(0.88) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 290 - Internalized discipline makes the human inspector functionally superfluous
#expands(0.80) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 59 - Discipline operates through uninterpreted signals demanding automatic response
#expands(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 250