| Pole 1 | Pole 2 | |
| Mythic Figure | Magician-King | Jurist-Priest |
| Operation | Conquest | Contract |
| (method) | (bond) | (pact) |
| Medieval Technique | Discipline | Confession |
| (substance / operation) | (body / force) | (self / reflection) |
| Modern Organ | Police | Publicity |
| (means / effect) | (order / splendor & happiness) | (reason / right & will) |
| Science | Policy | Public |
| (scientific task / connaissance) | (prevention / statistics) | (legitimacy / consensus) |
| Discipline | Political Economy | Public Opinion |
| (method) | (axiomatics) | (deliberation) |
| Mid-Century Political Form | State Socialism | Liberal Capitalism |
| Biopower | The Spectacle |
