Discipline judges individuals themselves, not just their acts
Evidence
Through this micro-economy of a perpetual penality operates a differentiation that is not one of acts, but of individuals themselves, of their nature, their potentialities, their level or their value. By assessing acts with precision, discipline judges individuals ‘in truth’; the penality that it implements is integrated into the cycle of knowledge of individuals. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 279
Categorization
- DEEPTHINKING: This is the crux of the panoptic project: the graded comparison of individuals, not the punishment of acts, is what produces knowledge of persons — and it is precisely the ‘truth’ of the individual that surveillance extracts.
- XREF: This claim that discipline judges individuals ‘in truth’ connects directly to how Oceania’s surveillance produces a verdict on Winston’s entire nature, his potentialities and value, rather than on any discrete act. — connects to: Discipline produces individuality with four characteristics via four techniques — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 251; Observation, normalizing judgment, and examination comprise the three engines of discipline. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 264; Discipline punishes the smallest deviations across all domains of life — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 275 (+8 more)
Related
- Discipline punishes the smallest deviations across all domains of life (similarity 0.87)
- Disciplinary punishment targets failure to conform, not just law-breaking (similarity 0.84)
- Disciplinary punishment operates by comparing, differentiating, hierarchizing, homogenizing and excluding rather than by expiating. (similarity 0.83)
- Discipline sorts behavior into a graded continuum, not a simple prohibition (similarity 0.83)
- Discipline produces individuality with four characteristics via four techniques (similarity 0.81)
- Disciplinary power produces individuals rather than suppressing them. (similarity 0.81)
- Courts punish qualities hidden behind acts, not just the acts themselves (similarity 0.81)
- Both sovereign and disciplinary power pursue the exploitation of others through obedience (similarity 0.81)
- The criminal’s soul is itself judged and punished, not merely analyzed (similarity 0.80)
- Fabricating delinquency gave criminal justice authority through a scientific horizon of truth (similarity 0.79)
- Observation, normalizing judgment, and examination comprise the three engines of discipline. (similarity 0.79)
- Disciplinary penality is irreducible to the traditional penality of law and eventually invested it. (similarity 0.79)
- Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Courts punish qualities hidden behind acts, not just the acts themselves
#corroborates(0.95) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58 - Discipline sorts behavior into a graded continuum, not a simple prohibition
#expands(0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 279 - Disciplinary punishment targets failure to conform, not just law-breaking
#expands(0.88) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 276 - Discipline is a type of power, not an institution or apparatus
#qualifies(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 338