Through the metaphor of the Panopticon , Foucault illustrates how modern institutions (prisons, schools, hospitals) use surveillance to make individuals monitor themselves. This produces "docile bodies" that are both useful and obedient.

Essential summaries of his genealogical method and the concept of "subjugated knowledges". Truth and Power An influential interview defining the "regime of truth". 8 The Eye of Power A discussion on Jeremy Bentham and the Panopticon. 11 Confession of the Flesh

Unlike traditional views of power as purely repressive (saying "no"), Foucault argues modern power is productive . it creates identities, desires, and behaviors, and defines what is considered "normal" vs. "deviant".

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Each society has its own "politics of truth"—the types of discourse it accepts and makes function as true.

CONTENTS. page. Preface. vii. Translations and Sources. xi. 1 On Popular Justice: A Discussion with Maoists. 1. 2 Prison Talk. 37. Power/Knowledge by Michel Foucault | Literature and Writing

A guide explaining these concepts is available as an audiobook from Audible for roughly $4.00 . Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings