The history of capitalism introduced by French philosopher Michel Foucault, is the following:
“…the problem that arises from the relation between politics and the economy is resolved by techniques and dispositifs that come from neither.”
Foucault use the term “dispositif” to describe the element of administrative, governmental institution working within the social entity.
Below is Foucault self-definition of the term in 1977 at the interview “The Confession of the Flesh”
"What I’m trying to pick out with this term is, firstly, a thoroughly heterogenous ensemble consisting of discourses, institutions, architectural forms, regulatory decisions, laws, administrative measures, scientific statements, philosophical, moral and philanthropic propositions–in short, the said as much as the unsaid. Such are the elements of the apparatus. The apparatus itself is the system of relations that can be established between these elements."
“The Confession of the Flesh” (1977) interview. In Power/Knowledge Selected Interviews and Other Writings (ed Colin Gordon), 1980: pp. 194-228. This interview was conducted by a round-table of historians.
very interesting!!!
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Mr.common space, after i check the blog, i found sth maybe can share the idea between two studio cause our studio also address the issue about bio political... btw where are you, long time no see, really.
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