Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously

Evidence

3. Finalize these temporal segments, decide on how long each will last and conclude it with an examination, which will have the triple function of showing whether the subject has reached the level required, of guaranteeing that each subject undergoes the same apprenticeship and of differentiating the abilities of each individual. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 240

Categorization

• XREF: The examination’s triple function — level-check, uniformity guarantee, individual differentiation — is the exact mechanism of panoptic normalizing judgment Foucault describes elsewhere; mirrors 1984’s two-minutes-hate-style ranking of loyalties. — connects to: Bentham’s inspection principle aims to make students visible at every moment of their time — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 257; The table functioned simultaneously as an instrument of power and of knowledge — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 228; The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284 (+5 more)

Related

• The examination unites surveillance and normalizing judgment to fabricate individuality (similarity 0.87)
• The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility (similarity 0.85)
• The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism (similarity 0.85)
• The examination replaces ceremony by making each person’s own particularity a status (similarity 0.82)
• Observation, normalizing judgment, and examination comprise the three engines of discipline. (similarity 0.82)
• Bentham’s inspection principle aims to make students visible at every moment of their time (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility #expands (0.95) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
• The examination unites surveillance and normalizing judgment to fabricate individuality #expands (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 299
• Permanent observation of bodies simultaneously produces knowledge of the individual and subjection #corroborates (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 450
• The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
• The examination replaces ceremony by making each person’s own particularity a status #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 298