SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Feminist Sociology
13 Feb 2015
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Smith and feminist sociology: feminist sociology vs. mainstream. Week 16 foucault and self-regulation: history of imprisonment in the modern age, the principles of the panopticon, purpose: social control through self-regulation. Principles of the panopticon: total visibility (and unverfiability) Individualizing form of regulation: generalized model (for other social institutions) > training of each individual: target body, mind, and soul (internalization, control, evaluate, and change his or her behaviour in relation to "normal" ways of acting and thinking, self-regulation: most effective form of social control. "automatic" functioning of power" without it being exercised a: produce docile and obedient persons.
