Blog Bonus! Compare what Protagoras has to say about punishment (324a; p. 19) with Foucault.

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

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

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

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

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

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)?"

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

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."