CRIM 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Knowledge Power
14 Aug 2016
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His analysis of power contrasts from marxist and durkheimian traditions. He doesn"t consider the moral conditions of punishment and the structures of society. He examines the structures of power and how they operate in society. As a strategic force relation, power exists everywhere because it comes from everywhere. They can exercise and be subjected to power. Because power exists everywhere, power is not a zero sum game. Rather than studying power based on who has more, he discusses the importance of the structure of power. For him, power is not solely repressive, but also productive (produces powers, bodies, knowledges, discourses, and subjects) The style of punishment associated with the public execution of regicide: successfully killed or attempted to kill a king. Punishment entails destroying the body of the condemned man, which occurs through a display of authorized violence. Punishment takes the form of public displays of authorized violence.
