Discipline sorts behavior into a graded continuum, not a simple prohibition
Evidence
In discipline, punishment is only one element of a double system: gratification-punishment. And it is this system that operates in the process of training and correction. … First, the definition of behaviour and performance on the basis of the two opposed values of good and evil; instead of the simple division of the prohibition, as practised in penal justice, we have a distribution between a positive pole and a negative pole; all behaviour falls in the field between good and bad marks, good and bad points. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 279
Categorization
- XREF: The gratification-punishment continuum, rather than prohibition, is what the telescreen measures — every act is graded as good or bad points rather than simply legal or illegal, matching Winston’s accounting of his own behavior. — connects to: Disciplinary time replaced initiatory mastery with graded progressive series — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 241; Disciplines function as machinery for capitalizing and accumulating time — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 239; Discipline produces individuality with four characteristics via four techniques — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 251 (+3 more)
Related
- Discipline punishes the smallest deviations across all domains of life (similarity 0.86)
- Discipline judges individuals themselves, not just their acts (similarity 0.83)
- Disciplinary punishment operates by comparing, differentiating, hierarchizing, homogenizing and excluding rather than by expiating. (similarity 0.83)
- Disciplinary time replaced initiatory mastery with graded progressive series (similarity 0.82)
- Disciplinary punishment targets failure to conform, not just law-breaking (similarity 0.81)
- Discipline produces individuality with four characteristics via four techniques (similarity 0.80)
- Disciplinary penality is irreducible to the traditional penality of law and eventually invested it. (similarity 0.79)