How does an enclosed system self-govern effectively? In “Panopticism”, Michel Foucault underlines the asymmetry of knowledge through a non-violent mean, towards a functioning corporeal where each individual’s capacity is maximized. Omnipresence and “unverifiable” supervision replace authority and authenticity in the ontology of ruling. On another hand, the Cyborg theory established by Donna Haraway offer a futuristic, idealistic approach to power through knowledge and affinity instead of mere “identity politics”. By acknowledging the problems of categories and naturalism in political discourses (such as alienation and exclusion), a Cyborg has the power to self-construct and reconstruct, to build its own characteristics and to embrace similarities between human, animals and machines. Should such a society exist, it is still debatable whether it would put an end to the conflicts we face nowadays.
Haraway & Foucault analyse systematic power and control while pointing to a future of an increasingly deep cybernetic society. Both agree that the one with more information gets the most control, and that social order and inequalities aren’t necessarily built, but come from complex and intertwined dominant social systems that are historically in place. This has pushed a separation between the man and the body, the man and the machine, and the man and state. With the rapid advancement and globalization of 21st century technology, there is a push to more intersectionality of different realities between animal, man, and machine. With the analysis of the cyborg, this can push us to a pluriversal future that is more fluid and critical of the systems of [information] domination.
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