How to Read Foucault’s Discipline and Punish

Schwan, Anne; Shapiro, Stephen

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“…It supports Gorski's () emphasis on the need to look for the origins of the disciplinary revolution in both Calvinism and the Netherlands. This is a powerful corrective to accounts of Foucault's work that neglect these alternative sources, as well as misleadingly downplaying the impact of religion (Schwan & Shapiro, , p. 103). It also provides an interesting parallel to the work in intellectual history of Israel with his focus on the contribution of the Netherlands and Spinoza to the Enlightenment (Israel, ).…”

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Pastoral Power and Governmentality: From Therapy to Self Help

Mutch

2015

J Theory Soc Behav

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This focus then influenced developments in the United States; attention to this tradition opens up questions for contemporary practices.Keywords: governmentality; religion; social practice; Foucault; pastoral power Those examining the centrality of conceptions of accountability in contemporary society have drawn on the later work of Foucault's career, especially as outlined in the publication of his lectures (Millar and Rose, 2008;Mennicken and Miller, 2014). A key theme he developed was that of "governmentality", the means by which mass populations came to be governed. In doing so, he drew attention to the importance of examining particular practices of accountability. In sketching these, Foucault drew in particular on the notion of "pastoral power", arguing that specific practices within Christianity were of importance in providing templates for governing conduct in other spheres (Foucault, 2009: 123). Notably, he paid particular and detailed attention to the rite of confession, tracing how this entailed the development of particular artefacts, such as the confessional box, and the formulation of

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Pastoral Power and Governmentality: From Therapy to Self Help

Mutch

2015

J Theory Soc Behav

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“…To examine via documentation makes each individual a 'case'; it exposes the particularities of individuals and shows the need for further training, correction, and normalization (Schwan & Shapiro, 2011). Understanding rankings as examinations shows Foucault's understanding of the interplay of knowledge and power: rankings establish knowledge about subjects and by doing so also control their behavior.…”

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Discipline as Institutional Maintenance

Rasche¹,

Hommel²,

Cornuel³

2014

The Institutional Development of Business Schools

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Abstract:Drawing on the case of business school rankings, we study how institutions are maintained and remain persistent despite their contested nature. We argue that rankings as institutions can be maintained through subtle disciplinary practices that freeze power relations in recipient organizations. Our analysis rests on a Foucauldian understanding of control emphasizing that rankings discipline (1) by enhancing the visibility of individuals' performance, (2) by defining 'normal' behavior, and (3) by shaping how people understand themselves and the world around them. We show that these three disciplining effects support rankings' durability, reproducibility, and communicability enhancing their overall stability and diffusion. Our arguments demonstrate that rankings' relevance and impact is not entirely based on the legitimacy they are able to offer to ranked schools. Rather rankings impel a variety of disciplinary effects within business schools which help to stabilize and diffuse the institution.

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“…The "disciplines'" use of prisons to create "docile bodies" was ideal for the economics, politics, and warfare of the modern industrial age. In Foucault's opinion, to construct docile bodies, prisons must be able to "(a) constantly observe and record the bodies they control and (b) ensure the internalization of the disciplinary individuality within the bodies being controlled" (Schwan, 2011). That is, discipline must come about without the use of excessive force and through careful observation and molding of bodies into the correct form.…”

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Analysis of “Discipline Power” in The Remains of the Day

Li¹

2021

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The objective of this study is to analyze “discipline power” and its implications for the service staff characters in the novel The Remains of The Day. From the perspective of Foucault’s power theory, especially the notion of discipline power, this essay explores these characters’ different destinies and responses to power. Contrary to many scholars who have discussed hierarchical power that easily finds expression in the master-and-servant relation in the traditional English house in this novel, the current essay mainly focuses on discipline power, which is internalized in people, allowing them to be unconsciously manipulated. Therefore, this essay first takes “Darlington Hall” as a model to analyze its disciplinary function and then turns to the main character, the butler, Stevens, who lives in the house and whose conduct mirrors how discipline shapes him. Finally, this essay points out solutions to the problem of the control of power by analyzing how Stevens and the housekeeper, Miss Kenton, renew their identities. This renewal echoes Ishiguro’s attempt to pay attention to the fates of marginalized people and console the unconsoled ones.

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How to Read Foucault’s Discipline and Punish

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Pastoral Power and Governmentality: From Therapy to Self Help

Pastoral Power and Governmentality: From Therapy to Self Help

Discipline as Institutional Maintenance

Analysis of “Discipline Power” in The Remains of the Day

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