Power and Conflict Final

Flashcards on Foucault, Nietzsche, Marx & Engels concepts.

Foucault's theory of power

Power is productive, creates knowledge and subjects, and exists everywhere.

Disciplinary power (Foucault)

Subtle control that produces obedient, conforming individuals.

Biopower

Power regulating populations and biological life.

The Panopticon (Foucault)

Symbolizes surveillance-based power and self-regulation.

Surveillance and normalization

People conform to norms because they feel constantly observed.

Docile bodies

Individuals shaped to conform to norms through training and discipline.

Governmentality

Techniques and strategies used by the state to govern populations.

Repressive Hypothesis

Sexuality was not repressed but increasingly discussed and regulated.

Incitement to discourse

Sexual discourse expands through medicine, religion, and law.

Foucault's power/knowledge

Power and knowledge are interlinked; knowledge reinforces power.

Speaker's benefit

Moral or political authority gained by speaking on taboo topics.

Resistance and micro-power

Resistance is inherent to power; power works through dispersed actions.

Disciplinary institutions

Institutions that shape individuals through surveillance and routines.

Disciplinary society

Society where power operates through subtle, everyday mechanisms.

Deleuze's interpretation of Nietzsche

Emphasis on active forces, creativity, and transformation.

Active and reactive forces

Active forces create; reactive forces constrain and judge.

Ressentiment and bad conscience

Reactive blame from weakness; internalized guilt from societal norms.

Nietzsche's will to power

Fundamental life drive that expresses itself through actions.

Eternal return

Live as if your choices will repeat forever.

Marx & Engels' key communist ideals

Abolish private property, empower the proletariat, establish community ownership.