Market capitalism reorganizes sacred space into Cartesian geometric homogeneity

Evidence

The first of these three kinds of space is that of classical or market capitalism in terms of a logic of the grid, a reorganization of some older sacred and heterogeneous space into geometrical and Cartesian homogeneity, a space of infinite equivalence and extension of which you can find a kind of dramatic or emblematic shorthand representation in Foucault’s book on prisons. The example, however, requires the warning that a Marxian view of such space grounds it in Taylorization and the labor process rather than in that shadowy and mythical entity Foucault called “power.” — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 876

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the first of three capitalist spaces via market-capital grid logic, with the Marx-vs-Foucault grounding warning.
• XREF: Echoes Foucault’s panopticon passages from earlier knowledge; the reader’s cognitive-map exercise tracks these spatial regimes. — connects to: Enlightenment spatial schemes were ultimately realized by capitalist modernization — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1592; Annihilation of space through time has always driven capitalism — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1850; Historical materialism has begun to treat space and geography as causal forces in capitalism — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 2207 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Enlightenment spatial schemes were ultimately realized by capitalist modernization — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1592; Annihilation of space through time has always driven capitalism — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1850; Historical materialism has begun to treat space and geography as causal forces in capitalism — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 2207 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Mediterranean sun and excess shaped the pied noir temperament more than Cartesian reason #complicates (0.76) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 156
• Colonial surveillance operated through fuzzy distinctions rather than Cartesian reason-passion binaries #complicates (0.75) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 363