The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism

Evidence

At the heart of the procedures of discipline, it manifests the subjection of those who are perceived as objects and the objectification of those who are subjected. The superimposition of the power relations and knowledge relations assumes in the examination all its visible brilliance. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The table functioned simultaneously as an instrument of power and of knowledge — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 228; Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 240; School examination made knowledge flow perpetually from pupil to teacher — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 286 (+17 more)

Related

• The everyday examination is an overlooked origin of modern power-knowledge (similarity 0.90)
• The table functioned simultaneously as an instrument of power and of knowledge (similarity 0.87)
• School examination made knowledge flow perpetually from pupil to teacher (similarity 0.85)
• Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously (similarity 0.85)
• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another (similarity 0.84)
• The examination unites surveillance and normalizing judgment to fabricate individuality (similarity 0.83)
• Disciplinary power selects, normalizes, hierarchizes, and centralizes knowledges. (similarity 0.82)
• The tableau form lets total knowledge be surveyed at a single glance (similarity 0.82)
• Knowledge created from a position of strength produces the object it claims to describe (similarity 0.78)
• Observation, normalizing judgment, and examination comprise the three engines of discipline. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another #expands (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 75
• The examination unites surveillance and normalizing judgment to fabricate individuality #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 299
• Modern power gained force by moving from brute architecture to the subject’s own perception #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 315
• Social categories embed buried power relations that etymology can unearth. #expands (0.75)
• Undifferentiated power conflates truth with decision-making authority #complicates (0.75)
• Even power relationships involve reciprocal influence between parties #complicates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 77