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Art and the Modernist Museum Précis-Tony Bennett, “The Political Rationality of the Museum” In The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics Tony Bennett discusses the roles the museum plays in regard to the organization of objects and history, the establishment of acceptable public behavior and the display of power. Bennett draws on Foucault to link the museum with the prison insomuch that both aim at “regulating the conduct of individuals and populations.” Like the priso