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    was being shown to them‚ they saw movies as a permeation of reality – this led to the audience being drawn away from contemplation and promoted heightened sense of mind. In a way‚ this was a form of liberation for them. On the other hand‚ Michel Foucault believed that man had no real freedom. The thoughts they feel are their own‚ or the decisions they feel they make alone‚ are in fact imitations of the norms of society. From birth‚ people have been constantly under the watchful eyes of parents‚ teachers

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    imprisoning someone who committed a crime. I will examine ways that contemporary society is a disciplined society as Foucault described; and given my example‚ it will demonstrate our need for it and how disciplinary society can help contemporary

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    forces the inmate to observe his own actions as though he were being watched. This self-surveillance where the inmate “becomes a principle of their own subjection” (Foucault‚ 1977:203) means that the inmate plays the role of observer and observed (Foucault‚ 1977) by forcing the actions of an observed individual upon himself. By this Foucault believes he is more likely to comply with the rules of a prison alone as the inmate believes they are

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    DISCIPLINE AD PUNISH- MICHEAL FOUCAULT The chapter on discipline begins with the seventeenth century image of the soldier. A soldier bore certain natural signs of strength and courage and marks of his pride and honor. These were characteristics which were already inherent in a soldier. By the late eighteenth century‚ a soldier became someone or rather something that can be made‚ like a required machine which can be constructed. The Classical Age discovered the body as a target and object of power

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    In “The Use of Pleasure‚” Foucault addresses that‚ “Moderation‚ understood as an aspect of dominion over the self‚ was an equal footing that qualified a man to exercise his mastery over others” (p. 81). In the context of who is being addressed in this excerpt is a ‘man’ and not man

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    Although controversial to categorize as a system of thought‚ postmodernism does have an overall fixation on efficiency’s crucial role in shaping society and our beliefs. Two thinkers who focus on this issue are Jean-François Lyotard and Michel Foucault; this essay will analyze how efficiency is a crucial element in their philosophies. Lyotard’s initial conception of efficiency is as one of many language-games. Lyotard borrows from Wittgenstein by formulating that various linguistic utterances

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    religious perspectives and legal matters. Some say it is a job like any other‚ however the lack of tax payment and regular check-ups denies this. Others say it is ethically wrong to pay in order to obtain sex‚ because it is essentially the sale of one’s body. Legally speaking‚ it is only illegal to buy sex‚ but perfectly okay to sell it. Buyers are then people who are not scared of consequences that could come with such actions; these often being people who already have nothing to lose. The issue with

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    Orwell’s description is extremely specific and detailed in his stories. He creates dark living conditions with the “condemned cells‚ a row of sheds fronted with double bars‚ like small animal cages”. We have a clear description of the jail‚ and how unpleasant it would be living there. Once Orwell states “There were the condemned men‚ due to be hanged within the next week or two”. The jail has a very eerie feeling‚ knowing that all the people inside were set to die. When describing one of the men

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    in and out of popularity‚ and why the culturally constructed ideal is just a passing meaning. But the other side of gender‚ the embodied side‚ is more concerning and has a impact on people‚ which can affect people in positive and negative ways. Foucault‚ a famous philosopher and social theorist came up with the theory of the Self-Policing‚ Internalized Panopticon‚ which is the theory that people are policed‚ managed‚ and watched so often that they start doing it to themselves. Everything you do

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    Theorists Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault present their views on the power/knowledge affiliation in works such as Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil and Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. While reading the pair‚ it becomes almost impossible not to relate or apply their visions onto the contemporary society. One may even argue that they resonate with current systems of government. Eichmann in Jerusalem‚ albeit a collection of articles for the New Yorker‚ was published

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