SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Exorcism Of Roland Doe, Anneliese Michel, Demonic Possession

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 325
• Professor: Steve Dumas

Document Summary

Foucault and punishment: the public spectacle of torture (punishment scare people into conformity, the body was the site of arbitrary punishment. Importance of the soul, in religious terms, the only way to do that is to extract a confession. Braveheart: kiss the emblem, getting him to submit/surrender, show that he giving in to the english crown, tortured him, get him to say mercy instead he said freedom. Modern allegation of possession: robbie manheim: the exorcist (1971) was loosely based on the life of robbie. Lex talionis: (cid:862)a(cid:374) e(cid:455)e fo(cid:396) e(cid:455)e, a tooth fo(cid:396) a tooth, st(cid:396)oke fo(cid:396) a st(cid:396)oke, (cid:271)u(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g fo(cid:396) (cid:271)u(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863, estimates range from as low as 40,000 to 50,000 witches executed during the. Re(cid:374)aissa(cid:374)(cid:272)e sha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g heads, the (cid:272)a(cid:396)let lette(cid:396), (cid:271)(cid:396)a(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a t upo(cid:374) a thief"s forehead: a= adultery. =when a person who had a spell cast upon them could see ghostly image among the witch.