Power controls the individual through the segmented, seriated ordering of time.
Evidence
The ‘seriation’ of successive activities makes possible a whole investment of duration by power: the possibility of a detailed control and a regular intervention (of differentiation, correction, punishment, elimination) in each moment of time; the possibility of characterizing, and therefore of using individuals according to the level in the series that they are moving through; the possibility of accumulating time and activity, of rediscovering them, totalized and usable in a final result, which is the ultimate capacity of an individual. Temporal dispersal is brought together to produce a profit, thus mastering a duration that would otherwise elude one’s grasp. Power is articulated directly onto time; it assures its control and guarantees its use. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 242
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the panoptic thesis — time-ordering is the temporal analogue of spatial enclosure, both making subjects calculable and self-regulating. — connects to: Control of time enables coordination of activity and social control — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 848; Disciplinary power shifts from marking time to shaping the act from within — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 232; Disciplines function as machinery for capitalizing and accumulating time — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 239 (+2 more)
Related
- Disciplines function as machinery for capitalizing and accumulating time (similarity 0.85)
- The modern concept of progress and individual development emerged from techniques of power. (similarity 0.81)
- Disciplinary time replaced initiatory mastery with graded progressive series (similarity 0.80)
- Disciplinary power shifts from marking time to shaping the act from within (similarity 0.80)
- Discipline combines chronologies so no moment of life goes unused (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Control of time enables coordination of activity and social control
#expands(0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 848 - Disciplines function as machinery for capitalizing and accumulating time
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 239 - Disciplinary power shifts from marking time to shaping the act from within
#expands(0.78) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 232 - The classical age reconceived the body as a manipulable object of power.
#expands(0.72) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 213