Politics inherited the military model as a means of preventing civil disorder

Evidence

It may be that war as strategy is a continuation of politics. But it must not be forgotten that ‘politics’ has been conceived as a continuation, if not exactly and directly of war, at least of the military model as a fundamental means of preventing civil disorder. Politics, as a technique of internal peace and order, sought to implement the mechanism of the perfect army, of the disciplined mass, of the docile, useful troop, of the regiment in camp and in the field, on manoeuvres and on exercises. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 252

Categorization

• XREF: Reverses Clausewitz: not war as politics but politics as the military model — a frame relevant to how the Party maintains civil order through the telescreen’s permanent encampment of citizens. — connects to: Politicians gain power by promising protection against imagined threats — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 329; Military technologies are later reintroduced to organize civil society — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 640; A military ideal of society rivaled the philosophers’ social contract dream — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 252 (+4 more)

Related

• Military technologies are later reintroduced to organize civil society (similarity 0.81)
• Political institutions perpetuate the violence that founded them (similarity 0.80)
• The military camp models power exercised through general visibility. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Military technologies are later reintroduced to organize civil society #expands (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 640
• Politicians gain power by promising protection against imagined threats #expands (0.75) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 329
• A military ideal of society rivaled the philosophers’ social contract dream #corroborates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 252
• Citizens gain political voice because their lives are exposed to war’s danger. #qualifies (0.72) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 572