LAWS 4304 Lecture 1: Origin of Police & Police Science
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Omnes et singulatim: towards a criticism of political reason". Development of power techniques oriented towards individuals and intended to rule them in a continuous and permanent way. If the state is the political form of a centralised and centralising power, let us call pastorship the individualising power. Deity, o(cid:396) the ki(cid:374)g, o(cid:396) the leade(cid:396), as a shephe(cid:396)d follo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)y a flo(cid:272)k of sheep (cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t fa(cid:373)ilia(cid:396) to the greeks and romans. But god was also a shepherd leading men to their grazing ground and ensuring them food. The association between god and king is easily made, since both assume the same role: the flock they watch over is the same; the shepherd-king is entrusted with the great divine shephe(cid:396)d(cid:859)s (cid:272)(cid:396)eatures. The relation between the deity, the land, and men differs from that of the greeks. Their gods owned the land, and this primary possessio(cid:374) dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed the (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d gods.
