Power produces the individual rather than merely repressing it

Evidence

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

Categorization

• XREF: Core of the analytic thesis: the telescreen-subject is not a preexisting self being repressed but an identity produced by surveillance. Trumpets against liberal contractarian readings of the individual. — connects to: Disciplinary power fixes a coercive link between body and object rather than extracting products. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 234; The modern concept of progress and individual development emerged from techniques of power. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 243; Disciplinary power produces individuals rather than suppressing them. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 264 (+17 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: The claim that the individual is an effect of power, not a prior atom, overturns the conventional juridical subject assumed by most political theory.

Related

• The individual is an effect of power, not its presupposed target (similarity 0.89)
• Disciplinary power produces individuals rather than suppressing them. (similarity 0.85)
• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another (similarity 0.84)
• The modern concept of progress and individual development emerged from techniques of power. (similarity 0.82)
• Power produces subjects and desires rather than merely repressing them (similarity 0.81)
• Power can be physically exercised without resorting to violence or ideology (similarity 0.80)
• Disciplinary power fixes a coercive link between body and object rather than extracting products. (similarity 0.80)
• Authority is a constructed, analyzable mechanism rather than a natural given (similarity 0.80)
• Knowledge created from a position of strength produces the object it claims to describe (similarity 0.79)
• The soul is produced by power’s technology, not given by theology (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Power generates the will of the power-holder rather than serving it #contradicts (0.88)
• In organizations power generates its own countervailing power. #expands (0.75)
• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another #qualifies (0.72) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 75