The soul is the prison of the body, not its freeing essence

Evidence

A ‘soul’ inhabits him and brings him to existence, which is itself a factor in the mastery that power exercises over the body. The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 79

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: The closing inversion — that what humanism thinks of as the inner free self is actually the main instrument of subjection — is the thesis’s load-bearing reversal. Directly justifies reading the telescreen as internalized panopticon.
• XREF: This is the theoretical crown of the reader’s 1984 thesis: the internalized watcher is the Foucaultian soul, the prison that makes the body ever self-policing. — connects to: The separated soul ranks as a human inferential entity rather than a perceptible one. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 352; The criminal’s soul is itself judged and punished, not merely analyzed — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58; The soul is produced by power’s technology, not given by theology — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 79 (+6 more)

Related

• The soul is produced by power’s technology, not given by theology (similarity 0.86)
• The criminal’s soul is itself judged and punished, not merely analyzed (similarity 0.85)
• Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons (similarity 0.81)
• The separated soul ranks as a human inferential entity rather than a perceptible one. (similarity 0.80)
• Penal power shifted its target from the body to the mind (similarity 0.80)
• Modern punishment targets the soul rather than the body (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The soul is produced by power’s technology, not given by theology #corroborates (0.88) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 79
• The prison was conceived as an apparatus for transforming human beings #exemplifies (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 506
• Mind-body dualism naturally prepares minds to accept the immortal soul #contradicts (0.82) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 72
• A place has a soul and an intelligence that seeks to heal itself #contradicts (0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 192
• Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons #expands (0.78) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58