SOC301H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Revolution, Kingston Penitentiary, Penology
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Interested in the history of different systems of thought: the conditions of possibility, how did prisons emerge at a particular time as a thought, dealing with theories, not necessarily how they actually work. Shift to disciplinary power from sovereign power (king showing his will against the body of. Damien: "technology of subtle, effective, economic powers in opposition to the sumptuous expenditure of the power of the sovereign" -foucault. Instead of using the body as a means of punishment, use the soul (the prison of the body) Carceral society: family is how society governs itself, the style of governing in prisons is exported through the social body because it is more convenient and economic than ruling by the king"s sword (ex: schools, hospitals, factories) Punishment can"t just deter people, punish can reform people and potentially solve the problem of crime (if you can understand why people commit crime, you can, in theory, solve criminality)
