Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:22:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "M.A. King" <kingma-AT-mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA> Subject: RE: The power of one On Sun, 24 May 1998, Mark Jensen wrote: > I believe that there is > some sort of initiation of the dsiciplinary machinery each time a subject is > introduced to the 'machinery.' For example (and I do like practical > examples), when a prisoner is introduced into the prison, or a student into > a classroom, or an initiate into a monestary, there has to be some sort of > reaquaintance with 'sovereign power' (see below here), a reminder, even > though the subject has internalized much of the disciplinary mechnaisms, > e.g. surveillance. This reaquaintance would not have to be something as > explicit as "Do this and I will punish you." It exists within the syllbus of > the course you are teaching, it exists in the presence of the gun on the > guard's waist as the prisoner walks in the prison door, etc. Two things come to mind here: first, God and Judaeo-Christian morality. For a long time, one entered into the world and had the guard tower, so to speak, pointed out to one: "Sin, and God shall smite thee." In that case, there never was anyone in the guard tower (apologies to theists:), and by now most people either assume that there is no guard or only think about the guard, in a very ~UFHHk
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