Political Science · Political Theory
In which book did Michel Foucault give his theory of power?
AThe Birth of the Clinic
BMadness and Civilization
CDiscipline and Punish ✓ Correct
DThe History of Sexuality
Correct answer: (C) Discipline and Punish — Foucault gave his theory of power most fully in Discipline and Punish, so the answer is that book.
Explanation
★Foucault gave his theory of power most fully in Discipline and Punish, so the answer is that book.
★Published in 1975, it studies the rise of the modern prison and disciplinary power.
★Foucault shows how power works through surveillance, normalisation and discipline.
★He uses Bentham's panopticon as the model of constant, internalised watching.
★Power for Foucault is not held by one centre but spreads through every institution.
★It produces knowledge and shapes the very subjects it governs.
★Thus power and knowledge are inseparable in his account.
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