The The docility of minds and the threat to psychic integrity

reflections on the evolution of power techniques

Abstract

This article aims to present essential elements for understanding the evolution of power techniques over recent times, which will enable an analysis of the reflexes of the current political anatomy and the psychic integrity of the human being. It uses the hypothetical-deductive method, a qualitative approach, of a basic nature, with an explanatory and exploratory objective that, in order to fulfill these objectives, uses a bibliographic research of the objects under study. The article was developed in five sessions. Initially, the main characteristics of the political anatomy perceived by Michel Foucault regarding the relationship of docility imposed on bodies are presented. Then, an overview of the evolution of power techniques throughout history is made, demonstrating the passage from a society of discipline to a society of performance. Soon after, the main characteristics of the new techniques of power in the current psychopolitical scenario are detailed, highlighting the imposition of a relationship of docility also on minds, an idea presented by Byung-Chul Han. In the fourth section, the tensions between the narrated social phenomena and the threat to the psychic integrity of individuals are discussed and, finally, final considerations on the topic addressed are presented.