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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Apply an insight from Foucault to the subject of punishment in Sophocles' "Antigone."

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Labels: Antigone, Foucault, Sophocles, The Body of the Condemned

Friday, March 2, 2012

Does Foucault intend something more than a grisly example of early modern punishment by his account of Damiens' execution (pp. 337-339)?

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Labels: Foucault, The Body of the Condemned

According to Foucault, why is there "a shame in punishing" (p. 343) in modern justice?

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What does it mean that punishment has become "an economy of suspended rights (p. 344)?"

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According to Foucault, how does the concept of power-knowledge affect one's view of punishment?

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What does Foucault mean when he says:

"The soul is the effect & instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body (p.359)?"
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Labels: Foucault, The Body of the Condemned

Is Foucault correct in asserting that we must "rid ourselves of the illusion that penalty is above all...a means of reducing crime?"

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Do you think that the modern system of punishment illustrates Foucault's observation that:

"the body becomes a useful force only if it is both a productive body & a subjected body."
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Labels: Foucault, The Body of the Condemned
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