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The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
1. It can in fact be integrated into any function (education, medical treatment, production, punishment); it can increase the effect of this function, by being linked closely with it; it can constitute a mixed mechanism in which relations of power (and of knowledge) may be precisely adjusted, in the smallest detail, to the processes that are to be supervised; it can establish a direct proportion between 'surplus power' and 'surplus production'.
2. It's a case of 'it's easy once you've thought of it' in the political sphere.
3. The panoptic mechanism is not simply a hinge, a point of exchange between a mechanism of power and a function; it is a way of making power relations function in a function, and of making a function function through these power relations
4. In short, it arranges things in such a way that the exercise of power is not added on from the outside, like a rigid, heavy constraint, to the functions it invests, but is so subtly present in them as to increase their efficiency by itself increasing its own points of contact.
Correct Answer: 2143
The four sentences together explain what the panoptic mechanism is and how it works. First, they place it in the political sphere, then show how it connects power to social functions, describe its technical effects, and finally sum up the logic in a clear, conceptual way.
To find the right order, we start with sentence 2. Although informal, it sets the stage by placing the topic in the political sphere and showing that the idea makes sense from this view. Sentence 1 comes next, explaining what the mechanism does and how it fits into areas like education, medicine, punishment, and production. It also shows how power and knowledge are adjusted for supervision and productivity. Sentence 4 then sums up the explanation. It starts with “In short,” and explains that power is built in, not forced from outside, to make things more efficient. Sentence 3 is last and gives the most abstract definition, showing that the panoptic mechanism is not just a link between power and function, but a way for each to work through the other. The sentences move from a 'general assessment' to a more 'formal definition.' Hence, the correct order is 2143.
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