Observation, normalizing judgment, and examination comprise the three engines of discipline.
Evidence
The success of disciplinary power derives no doubt from the use of simple instruments; hierarchical observation, normalizing judgement and their combination in a procedure that is specific to it, the examination. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 264
Categorization
- XREF: Directly maps to Bentham’s panopticon and Orwell’s telescreens as the observational instrument of this triad. — connects to: Discipline judges individuals themselves, not just their acts — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 279; The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
Related
- The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility (similarity 0.84)
- The examination unites surveillance and normalizing judgment to fabricate individuality (similarity 0.82)
- Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously (similarity 0.82)
- Disciplinary power inverts the visibility of ruler onto subjects, making them the observed (similarity 0.82)
- Disciplinary punishment operates by comparing, differentiating, hierarchizing, homogenizing and excluding rather than by expiating. (similarity 0.80)
- Discipline judges individuals themselves, not just their acts (similarity 0.79)
- Bentham’s inspection principle aims to make students visible at every moment of their time (similarity 0.78)
- The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Discipline judges individuals themselves, not just their acts
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 279