Disciplinary power (n.) is a form of power concerned primarily with breaking a multiplicity of men into individual bodies . It addresses itself to individual bodies (the body), where biopolitics is addressed to a multiplicity of men (or population), and sovereign power instituted the state's power over territory (or land).
Disciplinary power (n.) is a mode of power which takes as its goal the making of docile bodies, productive bodies perfected mainly in working classes in workshops, barracks, prisons, and hospitals.
Disciplinary power (n.) is at the root of the fact that, in our society, prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons.
Disciplinary power (n.) is concerned with breaking a 'multiplicity of men' into 'individual bodies' in contrast to biopolitics which is addressed to a multiplicity of men (i.e.) population.
Disciplinary power (n.) is establishes itself through 'normalization' which, in contrast to socialization, is totalizing and is brought to bear on 'all aspects of life' what makes normalization different (and dangerous) is that it seeks to cover all practices.
Disciplinary power (n.) is operational on two poles, simultaneously individualizing and indicating one's position within a mass.
Disciplinary power (n.) is power which seeks to spatialize, observes, and immobilize social action.