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Monster Essays - Social Control
Both Michel Foucault and Truffaut's depiction of a
disciplinary society are nearly identical. But Truffaut's
interpretation sees more room for freedom within the disciplinary
society. The difference stems from Foucault's belief that the social
control in disciplinary pervades all elements of life and there is no
escape from this type of control. Foucault's work deals mostly with
"power" and his conception of it. Like Nietzsche, Foucault sees power
not as a fixed quantity of physical force, but instead as a stream of
energy flowing through all aspects of society, its power harnesses
itself in regulating the behavior o....
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