Technologies of Power - Revision history

Michael at 15:42, 29 May 2026

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	==Notes==		==Notes==

	~~These are Foucault's terms~~

	Foucault's Four Technologies:		Foucault's Four Technologies:
	• Technologies of Production (manipulating things)		* Technologies of Production (manipulating things)
	• Technologies of Sign Systems (manipulating meanings)		* Technologies of Sign Systems (manipulating meanings)
	• Technologies of Power (manipulating others)		* Technologies of Power (manipulating others)
	• Technologies of the Self (manipulating oneself)		* Technologies of the Self (manipulating oneself)
			'''
	Sovereign Power		Sovereign Power'''

	The old form: king or state exercises power through force, law, and visible punishment (e.g., executions).		The old form: king or state exercises power through force, law, and visible punishment (e.g., executions).
			'''
	Disciplinary Power		Disciplinary Power'''

	Emerges in the 17th–18th centuries (schools, prisons, barracks, hospitals).		Emerges in the 17th–18th centuries (schools, prisons, barracks, hospitals).
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	The Panopticon is its iconic diagram: visibility disciplines without constant force.		The Panopticon is its iconic diagram: visibility disciplines without constant force.

	Biopower		'''Biopower'''

	Arises in the 18th–19th centuries alongside modern states.		Arises in the 18th–19th centuries alongside modern states.
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	Power shifts from “the right to take life” to “the power to foster life or disallow it to the point of death.”		Power shifts from “the right to take life” to “the power to foster life or disallow it to the point of death.”
			'''
	Governmentality		Governmentality'''

	The “conduct of conduct”: techniques for steering both populations and individuals.		The “conduct of conduct”: techniques for steering both populations and individuals.
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	~~[[Is a key term::Mode of Reproduction]]~~
	~~[[Is a key term::Mode of Production]]~~

	[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance\| ]]		[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance\| ]]
	[[Is a::Mechanism of Emancipation\| ]]		[[Is a::Mechanism of Emancipation\| ]]
	[[Is a related term::System Agents\| ]]		[[Is a related term::System Agents\| ]]

Michael at 15:40, 29 May 2026

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	[[Is a key term::~~Regime~~ of ~~Accumulation\|~~:~~Regime~~ of ~~Accumulation~~]]		[[Is a key term::Mode of Reproduction]]
			[[Is a key term::Mode of Production]]

	[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance\| ]]		[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance\| ]]
	[[Is a::Mechanism of Emancipation\| ]]		[[Is a::Mechanism of Emancipation\| ]]
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Michael at 13:36, 2 September 2025

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	[[Foucault]] > {{#ask:[[Is a term::Foucault]]}}		[[Foucault]] > {{#ask:[[Is a term::Foucault]]}}

			===Key Terms===

			[[Regime of Accumulation]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Regime of Accumulation]]\|format=ul}}

			[[Technologies of Power]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Technologies of Power]]\|format=ul}}

			Types > {{#ask:[[Is a type of::Technology of Power]]\|format=ul}} [[Technologies of Production]], [[Technologies of Sign Systems]], [[Technologies of the Self]], [[Technologies of the Self]]

	===Mechanisms of Compliance===		===Mechanisms of Compliance===
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	===Related LP Terms===		===Related LP Terms===

	[[~~Discourse~~]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Technologies of Power]]}}		[[Technologies of Power]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Technologies of Power]]}}

	===Non-LP Related Terms===		===Non-LP Related Terms===

	[[~~Discourse~~]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Technologies of Power]]}}		[[Technologies of Power]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Technologies of Power]]}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

			These are Foucault's terms

			Foucault's Four Technologies:
			• Technologies of Production (manipulating things)
			• Technologies of Sign Systems (manipulating meanings)
			• Technologies of Power (manipulating others)
			• Technologies of the Self (manipulating oneself)

	Sovereign Power		Sovereign Power
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	[[Is a term::Foucault\| ]]		[[Is a term::Foucault\| ]]
			[[Is a key term::Regime of Accumulation\|:Regime of Accumulation]]

	[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance\| ]]		[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance\| ]]
	[[Is a::Mechanism of Emancipation\| ]]		[[Is a::Mechanism of Emancipation\| ]]
	[[Is a related term::System Agents\| ]]		[[Is a related term::System Agents\| ]]

Michael at 14:27, 30 August 2025

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'''Technologies of Power''' are the apparatuses that structure human conduct, objectify subjects, and channel life processes toward particular ends, specifically capitalist work systems and capitalist productivity. They operate through sovereignty, discipline, biopolitics, and governmentality. Crucially, they are inseparable from Technologies of the Self, since domination often w..."
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==Concept Map==

===Foucault===

[[Foucault]] > {{#ask:[[Is a term::Foucault]]}}

===Mechanisms of Compliance===

[[Mechanisms of Compliance]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::Mechanism of Compliance]]}}

===Syncretic Terms===

[[Technologies of Power]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Technologies of Power]]}}

===Related LP Terms===

[[Discourse]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related LP term::Technologies of Power]]}}

===Non-LP Related Terms===

[[Discourse]] > {{#ask:[[Is a related term::Technologies of Power]]}}

==Notes==

Sovereign Power

The old form: king or state exercises power through force, law, and visible punishment (e.g., executions).

Disciplinary Power

Emerges in the 17th–18th centuries (schools, prisons, barracks, hospitals).

Works through surveillance, examination, regimentation of space/time, and “micro-powers” that produce docile bodies.

The Panopticon is its iconic diagram: visibility disciplines without constant force.

Biopower

Arises in the 18th–19th centuries alongside modern states.

Focuses on regulating life processes: birth rates, health, sexuality, hygiene, populations.

Power shifts from “the right to take life” to “the power to foster life or disallow it to the point of death.”

Governmentality

The “conduct of conduct”: techniques for steering both populations and individuals.

Power here is less about brute domination and more about shaping the field of possible actions, making people govern themselves (through norms, statistics, economics).

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