Mehmed Ali’s army embodied power and order more than his schools did

Evidence

While Mitchell’s attempt to supplement Foucault’s ideas on power as disciplinary and microphysical – by adding to it a “representational” aspect that, he argues, helped produce this division of the world that made Egypt look as if it were a picture in an exhibition – seems problematic, this chapter does not attempt to engage with Mitchell’s argument along these lines; rather it attempts to elaborate on Mitchell’s use of Heidegger’s notion of “enframing” by reviewing in detail Mehmed Ali’s military enterprise and especially the manner in which the conscripted soldiers were trained. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 655

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the book’s central method: reading conscription and military training as ideology/order-projection, a theme continuous with Horkheimer-and-Adorno material on disciplinary institutions. — connects to: Mehmed Ali’s advisors initially opposed a standing disciplined army; Mehmed Ali had to bend military law to build a loyal elite — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 922; Mehmed Ali’s army shifted from guarding against desertion to imprinting discipline on soldiers’ minds — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 664 (+8 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Mehmed Ali’s advisors initially opposed a standing disciplined army; Mehmed Ali had to bend military law to build a loyal elite — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 922; Mehmed Ali’s army shifted from guarding against desertion to imprinting discipline on soldiers’ minds — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 664 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Mehmed Ali’s army failed to command its soldiers’ inner loyalties #complicates (0.76) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1183
• Albanian troops resisted discipline because they regarded Mehmed Ali as first among equals #complicates (0.75)
• Nepotism was essential, not aberrant, in Mehmed Ali’s army #complicates (0.74)
• Life in Mehmed Ali’s army was brutally exploitative for conscripts #complicates (0.73) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1343
• Mehmed Ali had to bend military law to build a loyal elite #complicates (0.72) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 922
• Mehmed Ali’s army was a personal, dynastic force rather than a national one. #complicates (0.71)
• Mehmed Ali’s army discarded soldiers once they lost utility #complicates (0.71)