DIAGRAM OR DISPOSITIF? FOUCAULT BETWEEN DELEUZE AND AGAMBEN

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to rescue Foucault's notion of diagram to distinguish two interpretations of the notion of device in Agamben and  Deleuze. Acording to Agamben the device concerns the concrete and positive aspects that are part of a network of power. We intend to demonstrate that Deleuze's interpretation of the concept does not leave aside other aspects of Foucault's concept; the device or diagram in addition to being a network  between various discursive elements and not discursive elements, is also more general than an episteme, in this regard it contains elements that are  not fully captured by power, forces that do not allow themselves to materialize in control devices, subjects who do not subject and are able to escape from the forces of control.