Round 2: Tossup 16

A concept central to this book is described as a “positive economy” that extracts even more “available moments” for even more “useful forces.” This book argues that the organization of “serial space” was a “mutation” that allowed rank to supersede traditional systems. In this book, a description of soldiers marching in step is used as an example of “docile bodies.” (-5[1])A meticulous timetable created by Léon Faucher (“fo-SHAY”) is contrasted with violence as public spectacle in this book’s first chapter, “The body of the condemned.” The “carceral” system extends across all of society according to this book, which asks “Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools… which all resemble prisons?” For 10 points, name this book by Michel Foucault (-5[1])that compares the observation of modern society to Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon. ■END■ (0[1])

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