.And from suchtrifles, no doubt, themanof modernhumanismwasborn
Interesting note to leave off on, attributing this modern age of humanism to these methods and subconscious obedience to the power structure in place.
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:every detail is important since, in the sightof God, no immensity is greater than a detail, nor is anything sosmall that it was not willed by one of his individual wishes.In thisgreat tradition of the eminenceof detail, all the minutiae of Chris-tian education, of scholastic or military pedagogy, all forms of'training' found their place easily enough. For the disciplined man,as for the true believer, no detail is unimportant
He seems to be furthering this narrative with the mention of God and how his influence would be important, not to be ignored. This would further the idea of a "machine" made up of the public because they too, may have been influenced by this thought of religion being involved.
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De-scribing them will require great attention to detail: beneathevery setof figures, we must seek not a meaning, but a precautionl we mustsituate them not only in the inextricability of a functioning, but inthe coherenceof a tactic.
He makes a point here of using these examples as a warning for the future. Being able to notice similarities or a rapid change in general thought due to political influence (although this may not always be public knowledge). I think this is a good point to ensure the take away from this is to be asking the right question.
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On almost every occasion,they were adopted in response to particular needs: an industrialinnovation, a renewed outbreak of certain epidemic diseases,theinvention of the rifle or the victories of Prussia
Illustrates the use of other events that change the thought of the public while they're in a point of reform anyways, profiting off of that opportunity to instill this ideal of a societal soldier.
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It is rather a multiplicity of often minorprocesses,of different origin and scatteredlocation, which overlap,repeat, or imitate one another, support one another, distinguishthemselvesfrom one another according to their domain of applica-tion, converge and gradually produce the blueprint of a generalmethod.
Using this idea of discipline on a much larger, national scale as practiced in churches and schools to have order and compliance. This form of manipulation is an abuse of power since it influences the subconscious decisions these people now make, under the compliance of the new social order forming.
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Discipline increasesthe forces ofthe body (in economic terms of utility) and diminishes these sameforces(in political terms of obedience)
This idea allowed people to work harder and more efficiently to produce more income for the rich. While also managing to take a complete control of focus so they would not be tempted into rebellion and was simply obeying orders.
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La Mettrie's L'Homme-machine is both a materialist reduction of the soul and a generaltheory of dressage,at the centre of which reigns the notion of'docility', which joins the analysablebody to the manipulable body
New and creative (also silent) ways for the general public to be manipulated and controlled by the people in power. They're simply seen as bodies, another set of hands and another soldier in case of war.
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By the late eighteenth century, the soldier hasbecomesomething that can be made; out of a formless clay, an inaptbody, the machine required can be constructedl posture is graduallycorrectedl a calculatedconstraint runs slowly through each part ofthe body, mastering it, making it pliable, ready at all times, turningsilently into the automatism of habit; in short, one has 'got rid ofth! peasant' and given him 'the ak of a soldier
We see a switch from peasants being neglected to them being manipulated by an idea of honor and grace within these new societal expectations.
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To begin with, the soldier w:ui someonewho could be recognized from afar; he bore certain signs: the naturalsigns of his strength and his courage, the marks, too, of his pride;
This shows that not only were people being manipulated without their knowledge, but they had pride in it. Kind of a cult mentality of following what is desirable for a reputation.
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