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.” A meticulous timetable created by Léon Faucher (“fo-SHAY”) is contrasted with violence as public spectacle (10[1])in this book’s first (10[1])chapter, “The body of the condemned.” The (10[1])“carceral” system extends across all (10[1])of society according to this book, which asks “Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools… which (10[1])all resemble prisons?” (-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this book by Michel Foucault that compares the (10[1])observation of modern society to Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon. ■END■ (0[3])

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