Pastoral Power

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===Definition=== Regarding [[Foucault]] (1983) Pastoral Power is power which is: *Salvation oriented It is a form of [[power]] which aims at assuring of salvation of the individual in the next world *Oblative The pastoral needs also to be prepared to sacrifice itself for the life and salvation of the flock. *Coexistence and continuous with life It is looking after each individual during his entire life *Production of the truth of individual himself It is exercised with the knowledge of conscience of the people and the ability to direct the conscience. ===Pastoral Power and the state=== Regarding Foucault Pastoral Power is now used by the modern state. The pastoral power originated from the Christian Institutions. But the state has actually copied the pastoral power technique in a new political shape. In the modern state the individual can be integrated under the condition that he will be shaped in a new form. Also he is submitted to a set of patterns. The state can be seen as a new form of pastoral power: *The state has ensure salvation in this world as the church had to ensure salvation in the world after. Concrete examples are health care, security and protection against accidents *In the new the state the officials of pastoral power have increased. For example, the pastoral power is exercised by the police. *The multification of the aims and agents of pastoral power focuses the development of man around two roles: one, globalizing and quantative, concerning the population; the other analytical, concerning the individual. ===References=== ===Contributors=== *Page created by--[[User:HennyLi|HennyLi]] 05:06, 25 October 2012 (CEST)

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