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Technologies of Power and the Self

Michel Foucault EN

The practices through which bodies, conduct, and subjectivity are shaped, encompassing both external mechanisms (such as discipline and surveillance) and internal practices (such as confession and self-narration).

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The practices through which bodies, conduct, and subjectivity are shaped, encompassing both external mechanisms (such as discipline and surveillance) and internal practices (such as confession and self-narration). Foucault analyzes technologies of power together with technologies of the self, arguing that the subject is both governed by others and actively constituted through self-formative practices in accordance with particular norms. The historical analysis of these techniques reveals the dual structure of modern subjectivation, involving both processes of subjection and practices of self-care.