SOCI 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Morphine, Rhetorical Device, Brothel
6 Nov 2017
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Lecture 8 the carceral state, risk and stigma. Before: schools and hospitals to deal with issues ex. poverty, addictions, mental health issues. Today, perceived as risky subjects (people with mental health, addictions, etc) Police services, prisons to manage issues that were once handled by our social services. Uses surveillance power to deal with risk. Relates to content before: neo-liberalism: funding cuts. State interferes very little with people with mental illness except through police and prisons. Carceral state is oriented towards risk management. Beck talks about global risks (pollution, climate change, modernization,: but many other types. Thursday, march 16, 2017: risk objects (ro) Artifacts - cultural, natural, manufactured, behaviors, etc. (subjects, types of people) Selection + exclusion (us vs them scenario/it: objects at risk (oar, value, how is value determined, selection + inclusion (protection, relationships of risk (ror) Depending on the ror the ro and oar may vary: ex.
