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Tangible examples of Discipline and Docility

What we say matters (40 page novel)


Algorithms are becoming a more important part of everyday life, with these data patterns
analysing human behaviour
For Foucault, there is an over-laying system of institutions, which can allow others to
increase performance whilst others are seen to be failing
The disciplinary service works on the idea that people want to prove they are on the right
side of the law they will eventually police themselves, attempting to form a good profile,
in case the threat of incrimination is presented
1) Szasz and Foucault agree that knowledge is a use of social control. However, Szasz says that
proto language is away to ensure safety, using it in a compensatory way. Foucault would say
that proto language makes one visible under the examining gaze means that to be seen is
a way of being monitored. Proto language falls into the trap of the disciplinary system; it
forces people to make themselves open to observation, especially to those trained to look for
it (therapist, etc.)

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