Monday, April 12, 2010
Foucault on discipline
Foucault discusses the concept of controlling the individual of observation. In this element I associated this with the imbedded mentality of continual observation. I related this to the Marines as I was in a position of continual observation to ensure that my juniors were maintaining the discipline and order. The element of organizing the base camp is still very appliciable as when we establish bivouac it is still organized as such. It was to reeinforce this sense of observation, and from junior Marine to a senior, we all went through stages of this control.170-173
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Matt,
Good job of applying Foucault to a contemporary situation. I would have liked just a couple sentences more about how observation took place in the military (in your experience). A little detail would have given me a clearer sense of what you were talking about.
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