The table functioned simultaneously as an instrument of power and of knowledge

Evidence

In the eighteenth century, the table was both a technique of power and a procedure of knowledge. It was a question of organizing the multiple, of providing oneself with an instrument to cover it and to master it; it was a question of imposing upon it an ‘order’. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 228

Categorization

• XREF: The power-knowledge fusion here is the analytical backbone of the Bentham/Foucault comparison - the telescreen is likewise both surveillance tool and knowledge-gathering device. — connects to: The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284; Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 75; The everyday examination is an overlooked origin of modern power-knowledge — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284 (+5 more)

Related

• The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism (similarity 0.87)
• The everyday examination is an overlooked origin of modern power-knowledge (similarity 0.86)
• The tableau form lets total knowledge be surveyed at a single glance (similarity 0.86)
• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• The examination fuses power relations with knowledge relations into one mechanism #corroborates (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
• Power and knowledge mutually constitute and imply one another #expands (0.82) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 75
• The everyday examination is an overlooked origin of modern power-knowledge #exemplifies (0.78) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
• Permanent observation of bodies simultaneously produces knowledge of the individual and subjection #corroborates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 450
• Symbolic systems do double duty as communication and as instruments of domination. #corroborates (0.72)
• Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously #expands (0.72) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 240