Round 6: 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.” (10[1]-5[1])A meticulous timetable created by Léon Faucher (“fo-SHAY”) is contrasted with violence as public spectacle in this book’s first chapter, (-5[1])“The body of the condemned.” The “carceral” system extends across all of society according (-5[1])to this book, which asks “Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, (-5[1])schools… (10[1])which all resemble prisons?” For 10 points, name this book by Michel (10[1])Foucault (10[1])that compares the observation of modern society to Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon. (10[2])■END■ (0[1])

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