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An Apparatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a formation that at a given historical moment has as its major function the response to an urgency. It has a dominant strategic function.

An Apparatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an articulation of technologies that are aimed at first specifying targets and then managing them. Its elements are resolutely heterogeneous (including discourses, institutions, architectural arrangements, philosophic, moral, and philanthropic propositions).

An Apparatus (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in some way the capacity to capture, orient, determine, intercept, model, control, or secure.

An Apparatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠essentially strategic in nature, which means that they constitute a rational and concrete intervention in the relations of forces, either so as to develop them in a particular direction, or to block them.

An Apparatus (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a juridical sense, the part of a judgment that contains the decision separate from the opinion.

An Apparatus (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a military sense, the set of means arranged in confor mity with a plan.

An Apparatus (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a technological sense, 'the way in which the parts ofa machine or of a mechanism and. By extension. The mechanism itself are arranged.

An Apparatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠strategic in nature: It is a manipulation of relations of forces and an intervention in the relations of force, done so as to develop them in a particular direction.

An Apparatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠strategic in that it is a formation which has as its major function the response to an urgency.

An Apparatus (n.) pervades ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and disseminates its power in every field of life. The more it does so the more government will find itself effaced with an elusive element which seems to escape its grasp the more it docilely submits to it.

Apparatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to be understood in a juridical, a technical, and a military sense. It is juridical in that it is that moment of 'decision'. It is technical in that it is the way in which the parts of a machine or mechanism are arranged. And it is military in that it is the set of means arranged in confor mity with a plan.