Pan-Slavism mystified power as divine emanation while rejecting law as sacrilege

Evidence

In Bentham’s panopticon prison, however, the opposite is true: prisoners work dutifully as long as the inspector is not in view; in his presence, they stage, as it were, indiscipline, idleness and disorder. Thus, in the panopticon, the inspector exposes himself to the eyes of the prisoners as little as possible: all of his power over the prisoners derives from his invisibility, or more precisely, his ‘invisible omnipresence’. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 38 (#expands, via linked claim)

In fact, power produces; it produces reality; it produces domains of objects and rituals of truth. The individual and the knowledge that may be gained of him belong to this production. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 301 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Subtler punishment masked sovereign power rather than making it more humane; Endless theorizing of power can empty power of real meaning; Coding religion as rule-like law crushes moral freedom and spontaneity. (+3 more)

Related

• Panoptic power derives from invisible omnipresence rather than real presence (similarity 0.81)
• The panopticon’s power rests on a fiction at its core (similarity 0.80)
• Power functions automatically when subjects believe they are always visible (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Panoptic power derives from invisible omnipresence rather than real presence #expands (0.85) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 38
• Subtler punishment masked sovereign power rather than making it more humane #expands (0.80)
• Power produces the individual rather than merely repressing it #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 301
• Endless theorizing of power can empty power of real meaning #expands (0.75)
• Coding religion as rule-like law crushes moral freedom and spontaneity. #contradicts (0.75)
• Power can be physically exercised without resorting to violence or ideology #expands (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 73