Khoi Nguyen’s Reviews > Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison > Status Update
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 228 of 333
Accumulation of men = accumulation of capital
2. Bourgeoisie politically dominant masked by egalitarian judicial framework. Judicial form supported by disciplines. Disciplines extend forms by law and methods of training. Prison power to observe
3. Knowledge and increase of power reinforce one another. Penal justice applies to disciplinary individual.
— 13 hours, 37 min ago
2. Bourgeoisie politically dominant masked by egalitarian judicial framework. Judicial form supported by disciplines. Disciplines extend forms by law and methods of training. Prison power to observe
3. Knowledge and increase of power reinforce one another. Penal justice applies to disciplinary individual.
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Khoi Nguyen
is on page 220 of 333
Discipline orders human multiplicities
Lowest cost, maximize power, link power with apparatuses
Population growth 18c
Integrate into apparatuses
Neutralize counter power
Utility= multiplicity via time tables, collective training, exercises, surveillance
Power relations into play discreetly
— 17 hours, 29 min ago
Lowest cost, maximize power, link power with apparatuses
Population growth 18c
Integrate into apparatuses
Neutralize counter power
Utility= multiplicity via time tables, collective training, exercises, surveillance
Power relations into play discreetly
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 215 of 333
Exceptional discipline moves to
1. Discipline functions as techniques for useful individuals
2. Mechanisms de institutionalize.
3. State control of mechanisms of discipline = faceless gaze. Police adds disciplinary function to role as auxiliary of justice and political instrument
— Sep 19, 2026 07:04PM
1. Discipline functions as techniques for useful individuals
2. Mechanisms de institutionalize.
3. State control of mechanisms of discipline = faceless gaze. Police adds disciplinary function to role as auxiliary of justice and political instrument
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 209 of 333
Panoptic institution can be inspected by public and amplifies power.
— Sep 19, 2026 06:56PM
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 205 of 333
Panopticon sees and and recognizes. Panopticism: permanent visibility that assures automatic functioning of power. Any individual can operate. Lab for experiments and polyvalent.
— Sep 19, 2026 06:51PM
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 194 of 333
Punishment = individual actions to whole comparisons, differentiation, rule following. Penalties normalize
Examination classify, differentiate and judge. Ritualized. Technique by power to objectify. Individuality into documentation and makes individual a case. individualization descends as power more anonymous and functional
— Sep 18, 2026 06:06PM
Examination classify, differentiate and judge. Ritualized. Technique by power to objectify. Individuality into documentation and makes individual a case. individualization descends as power more anonymous and functional
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 177 of 333
Historical observation: intense continuous supervision through labor. Account activity, skill. Clock and clerks. Surveillance = Production and disciplinary mechanism
schools = teaching, pedagogical activity knowledge (tutors), observation. Best pupils as officers
Pyramid power distributed individuals
— Sep 18, 2026 04:48PM
schools = teaching, pedagogical activity knowledge (tutors), observation. Best pupils as officers
Pyramid power distributed individuals
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 169 of 333
Politics continuation of military model to prevent civil disorder of disciplined mass
— Sep 07, 2026 04:57PM
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 167 of 333
Composition of force bodies for machine
1. Body = place occupied, intervals, good order
2. Chronological series = pieces of machinery
3. Precise system of command by signals
Discipline cellular, organic by activities, genetic by time, combinatory. Tables, movements, exercises
— Sep 07, 2026 04:56PM
1. Body = place occupied, intervals, good order
2. Chronological series = pieces of machinery
3. Precise system of command by signals
Discipline cellular, organic by activities, genetic by time, combinatory. Tables, movements, exercises
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 159 of 333
divide duration into successive segments and organize into simple elements of increasing complexity. Exam = individuals level, same apprenticeship, differentiate ability
Lay down for individual seniority, rank, specific exercises
— Sep 07, 2026 04:51PM
Lay down for individual seniority, rank, specific exercises
Khoi Nguyen
is on page 155 of 333
Control of activity
1. Timetable
2. Temporal elaboration of act by stages
3. correlation of body and gesture
4. Body-object articulation
4. Exhaustive use. No time wasting
— Sep 07, 2026 04:49PM
1. Timetable
2. Temporal elaboration of act by stages
3. correlation of body and gesture
4. Body-object articulation
4. Exhaustive use. No time wasting