The analyses on Power, in modern thought, have drawn very important lines and led to
formulations of undoubted value. Some of these analyses were developed by the philosopher
Michel Foucault. In his last writings he defined the "Microphysical" Power and elaborated the
theory of Bio-politics. These analyses are intertwined with those of Pier Paolo Pasolini on the
same topic: social homogenization, anthropological degradation, which culminate in the film
"Salò or the 120 days of Sodom" and in the "Lutheran Letters", a posthumous collection of
journalistic articles. Power, from being paranoid and repressive, becomes pervasive, perverse
and hedonistic. The two authors underline that where this power has no influence the
Elsewhere are being reduced, and a modification on the bio-physical level of the citizens'
personality is taking place
