Foucault 3: HoS 2

Authority Interpretation

The role of experts (priests, doctors, analysts) in interpreting sexual confessions and giving them power

Medicalization of Sexuality

The transformation of sexual confession into a scientific and medical procedure

Pleasure of Analysis

The idea that modern sexuality derives pleasure not just from acts but from analyzing those acts

Juridico-Discursive Model

The belief that power only operates through law and repression, which Foucault rejects

Diffuse Nature of Power

Power exists everywhere and is exercised by everyone, not just imposed from above

Rule of Immanence

Power and knowledge are inseparable, especially in the study of sexuality

Rule of Continual Variation

Power relations are dynamic and constantly changing rather than fixed

Rule of Double Conditioning

Local and global power structures depend on each other without mirroring one another

Tactical Polyvalence of Discourse

Discourse serves multiple, shifting roles in linking knowledge and power

Sexuality as Relational

Sexuality exists within networks of power relations, not as an independent force

Hysterization of Women

The construction of women’s bodies as inherently sexual and requiring regulation

Pedagogization of Children’s Sex

The regulation and control of children’s sexuality through education and discourse

Psychiatrization of Perversion

The classification of non-normative sexual behaviors as mental illness

Deployment of Alliance

Social structures (like family) focused on reproduction and maintaining social order

Deployment of Sexuality

A system where social life is interpreted through sexuality and pleasure

Shift to Deployment of Sexuality

The transition toward viewing social relations primarily through sexual frameworks