SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Feminist Legal Theory, Radical Feminism, Absolute Difference
20 Mar 2016
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Juridical controls by denying; discipline operates in two directions at once (discourages undisciplined action but it also encourages disciplined action). Thinking about the way school is structured: all information which is gathered through observation is being used to formulate something: our norms. Norms which are going to be applied all throughout society. Johnny is struggling in school, and he"s not learning. Maybe the family is failing because they aren"t enforcing anything. Maybe it"s the school which is failing him. Creates a certain level of homogeny or norm which is created through home or school. Juridical power operated by defining a threshold between two fields of activity (e. g. lawful/unlawful). Either one had crossed the threshold, or one hadn"t. Law moves in and then disappears from view. Disciplinary power: no absolute difference between the space of the transgressive and the space of freedom. Not just about achieving a level of health, its also about maximizing your level of health which you have.
