Sociology 2106A/B Lecture 11: Chapter 11 Lecture Notes
6 Feb 2017
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Surveillance watching over; use of observation as a tool for exerting power and control. Lyon and zureik; three main perspectives that influence our understanding of surveillance: Capitalism: rise of industrialization brought rise of surveillance with it; internal component of production, and as a means of discipline. Rationalization: behaviour relies on rules based on rational choice as opposed to kinship ties, tradition and informal affiliations, weber 3 factors that play a role: Can seriously hamper human agency constricts path and life decisions. Can never tell who will be imprisoned in the future. Power: fou(cid:272)ault"s 1995 (cid:449)ork o(cid:374) dis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)ar(cid:455) pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es. Power is an inherent part of all social relationships and social systems. Social control = central feature of modern societies: key ideas of foucault. Hierarchical observation: bentham automization of power. Functional view: societies need some element of security and safety to operate effectively. Personal information needs to be collected and stored to achieve this; variation in degree of surveillance not kind.
