"Society of control" and "Racism and Fascism" - Group 7
Group 7 (Andrea, Alex, Dominic)
Society of control
Many author presented in our class have discoursed on the idea of a society of control. In ''society of control'', Gille Deleuze bring further the analysis of authors like Foucault and Virilio and apply them to a modern society.
For Deleuze, the control of environment is no longer modular and particular to some institution but generalized, mixed and deeper than before. The system of control are repeated in the different levels of society (home, work, school, institution) and the modules of control have become a single deformable mold. According to Deleuze, this new mold is more visible to individual but, because of it changing nature, it has also become impossible to undo. For the author, this change is reflexted in the capitalist society by the change from industry of production to industry of marketing. The power structure is no longer physical, just like data is invisible in a computer.
Racism and Fascism
In ''Racism and Fascism'', Toni Morrison explain how racism is still very present and enforced by our society and institutions. He list 10 solutions to ensure the survival of racism in the society. He make us realize how much these ''solutions'' seems to be used in our current institutions. For him, these fascism's ideas are present in all our different political party. Because of this, the problem is not associated to a particular political party but to global policies. In the last part of the text, Morrison explain how a merge of the different structures of society is an excellent way to ensure the survival of the racism and fascism ''regime''.
In conclusion, this merge and uniformication of the different structures of society appear very close to the one described by Deleuze in ''society of control''. This idea is somewhat frightening because it imply the possibility that specific individuals have put in place the actual ''society of control'' in order to enforce some fascist agenda.
God save US!
Society of control
Many author presented in our class have discoursed on the idea of a society of control. In ''society of control'', Gille Deleuze bring further the analysis of authors like Foucault and Virilio and apply them to a modern society.
For Deleuze, the control of environment is no longer modular and particular to some institution but generalized, mixed and deeper than before. The system of control are repeated in the different levels of society (home, work, school, institution) and the modules of control have become a single deformable mold. According to Deleuze, this new mold is more visible to individual but, because of it changing nature, it has also become impossible to undo. For the author, this change is reflexted in the capitalist society by the change from industry of production to industry of marketing. The power structure is no longer physical, just like data is invisible in a computer.
Racism and Fascism
In ''Racism and Fascism'', Toni Morrison explain how racism is still very present and enforced by our society and institutions. He list 10 solutions to ensure the survival of racism in the society. He make us realize how much these ''solutions'' seems to be used in our current institutions. For him, these fascism's ideas are present in all our different political party. Because of this, the problem is not associated to a particular political party but to global policies. In the last part of the text, Morrison explain how a merge of the different structures of society is an excellent way to ensure the survival of the racism and fascism ''regime''.
In conclusion, this merge and uniformication of the different structures of society appear very close to the one described by Deleuze in ''society of control''. This idea is somewhat frightening because it imply the possibility that specific individuals have put in place the actual ''society of control'' in order to enforce some fascist agenda.
God save US!
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