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Increasingly, the Psy-function is playing a bigger part in our daily life. If the Psy-function initially emerged around the figure of the child in the school environment, and subsequently in the context of psychiatric institutions, it is now also playing a role in the corporate world. Simultaneously, psychology brokes away from a tradition that linked it to natural sciences. A simlilar evolution can be observed in economic history.Specifically, behaviorist psychology presents itself as behavior control technology that meets production imperatives as well as security standards, which guarantee a wellfunctionning economy. In that sense, it contributes to the realization of what G. Agamben called “the concentrationary paradigm”.