LY100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Michel Foucault, Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon
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Whi(cid:272)h (cid:448)ie(cid:449) of la(cid:449) a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)iety is refle(cid:272)ted i(cid:374) ni(cid:272)holas blo(cid:373)ley(cid:859)s a(cid:374)alysis of urban public spaces and traffic. Logic: legal positivism, natural law, legal consciousness, a marxist view. Which of the following is an example of the notion of private vs. public spheres: ethical humanism vs. traffic logic, natural law vs. positive law, the state vs. the market, formal vs. substantive equality. *the state is the government and the market is people. Fou(cid:272)ault, mi(cid:272)hel. (cid:862)pa(cid:374)opti(cid:272)is(cid:373)(cid:863) i(cid:374) dis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)e a(cid:374)d pu(cid:374)ish: the (cid:271)irth of the priso(cid:374: a classic work of theory, history through metaphor, huge influence on law and society, how society works, geography, power, e(cid:272)t . Overall notion: takes the idea of panopticon and integrates it into people are watching you all the time ( a feature of every day life) Key notion of disciplinary power: is lost of small points of contact but very little intervention. Foucault, michel: historian and philosopher of late 20th century deeply informed social science.
