Disciplinary technologies are less coherent than Foucault claims and can malfunction

Evidence

One should not overstate the coherence of these technologies, as Foucault sometimes does. Disciplines can break down, counteract one another, or overreach. They offer spaces for manoeuver and resistance, and can be turned to counter-hegemonic purposes. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 27

Categorization

• QUESTION: Mitchell’s corrective to Foucault invites further pursuit: which specific disciplines overreach or counteract each other in the Egyptian case?