Introduction
The changes in the mode of power and authority in the recent world fall into different perspectives that account for the comprehension of power in society. The ideas of Michael Foucault should be analyzed to develop an idea that will cater to the author’s propositions about governmentality. Power and politics also justify how it largely affects and determines the societies of industrialized countries in the world.
Primarily, political power is depicted through the existence of alternating alliances in a varied authority through projects that involve many economic activities. Indeed, power is not seen as a big deal for the policies which will cater to the policies about the productivity of the citizens. When talking about personal autonomy, it does not points out the contrast of political power but signifies a part or a role in its practice. As such, people or each individual is not the main subject of the power but are just actors who play significant roles for the application of power throughout. Accordingly, it is said that the link between powers is the actions and how each action is developed from another one (Rose and Miller, 1992). The relationship thus accounts for the profound social nexus and is not treated higher than society as an extra framework that has a far-reaching perspective that a person can think of as a goal. For some instances, being in a society is like living in a manner wherein actions developed from action are probable and is more likely seen to be constant. In addition, according to Michel Foucault (1982), abstraction depicts a society that has no relations in power. Hence, it makes the political analysis to be a vital part of a society to assess the conditions and strength of the country.
Discussion
Exploring the deeper meaning of power through the modern world of practice and exercise of power and authority in a society, firm perspectives of power largely account for the principles of Michel Foucault. A society should then be comprised of power relations and serve as the heart of societies. The state is commonly attributed as not having a harmony or has low performance and thus abstraction occurs. In recent times, what matters is the governmentalization of the state which is proposed by Foucault (1982). He primarily illustrates a way of analyzing political power through governmentality. It wanted to put a highlight on a specific way of thinking and acting in the flesh in response to the trials to be able to administer the wealth, health, and welfare of each individual. Foucault denies the idea that since the past years, the way of prevailing power and looking for instances to deliver power profoundly has gotten supremacy and has been incomparable with any other kinds of power in a political manner (Focault, 1982). It was associated with a huge number of a set of tools that accounts for government and a multifaceted system of knowledge and fundamental principles which pertain to the information regarding the government and the channels of how it is practiced and to whom it will be practiced (Wickham, 2006).
With the idea of political power, Foucault recommended that an individual should keep away from giving much importance to the dilemma of the State. It can perhaps be seen such as dealing with the people and the important success of several social and economic performances (Foucault, 1982). The perspectives regarding the analytic forms of governments can determine and illustrate other forms of government in a sociological view. Governments affect the transformation of social relations through each society and define the grounds for the attachment of significant roles of each power in a given instance (Wickham, 2006). In retrospect, the government is a framework wherein it interprets the activities of the authorities and other individuals that intend to mold the viewpoint and demeanor of other people to act upon a directed will and sometimes with the instances present in the environment (Wickham, 2006). This is with the association of the government which has prevailed political forms rules out in the framework of modern countries or most likely those countries that are industrialized.
The power and strategy of conflicts have continuing effects. At any given point in time, the links between powers may come into an issue of two opposing powers that share an equal place in striking their operations in society for exercising power. An impact of having an unstable mode of practicing power may become a conflict for the transformations of energy on a government and such interpretations may not comprise of the factors that have the same essence that will make up a unified society. However, the disparities come along the society through the basic observable fact of dominance that exists in a huge number of populations.
Foucault’s consideration of the modern form of exercising power has been scrutinized and analyzed carefully. Originally, Foucault initiated the term governmentality to illustrate the specific manner of governing the people in contemporary European history in the milieu of the emergence of the perspectives regarding the matters of the state. He substantially expounded the descriptions to cover the strategies and ways that are premeditated to administer the behavior of people at various levels. Establishing a power from the center of the government through different sectors or elements of the government is also seen as a factor that will enable an equal way of exercising power with what Foucault revealed that power means an action of an individual from another individual (Foucault, 1982).
A surveillance society is attributed to panopticism wherein people are being monitored by the operation of power (Simon, 2005) and in accord with the writings regarding this matter, societies nowadays are more likely executing this way of operation not only for the people but also in effect to other smaller countries. Societies indeed come to a point of practicing this kind of power to some populations and prevail to be over-valuing the given power. This depicts the principle of dominion in the discussion which falls under the idea of manipulating the individuals or groups at a lower level of the society (Wickham, 2006).
Conclusion
Generally, the political power prevailed in the given perspectives primarily takes the viewpoint of how the government in modern times operates and exercise power throughout the society. The answer to the question of whether people are becoming a surveillance society suggests an agreement with the whole context according to the perspectives of Foucault. As he illustrated panopticism like a scenario in prison, strong countries nowadays are into monitoring the smaller ones and operate with the dominion of being a leader. It may not be blatantly revealed that leaders are manipulating the people as a whole but still, they are the ones who dictate the rules and policies for maintaining the practice of governmentality. Foucault stresses the idea of having a certain kind of exercising power through society by the people who possess power and being a surveillance society depicts each country in the world today. Power is exercised by each individual who pertains to represent an authoritative role in all areas and hence it accounts for the dominion and is widely seen in the area of politics. Political power prevails to be the most influential determinant of power today and this is where the ideas of Foucault center. Thus, people who are in authority or those who have power should then be able to administer the government wisely without any disparities.
References
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Wickham, G. (2006) ‘Foucault, Law and Power: A Reassessment’, Journal of Law and Society 23(4): 596–614.