SOCI 388 Chapter Notes - Chapter Foucault: Solitary Confinement
25 Feb 2020
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Foucault discipline and punish: the birth of the prison . Horses are used to try and pull his limbs off his body, it"s unsuccessful: flesh was cut to make it easier. Eighty years later, l on faucher drew up his rules for the house of young prisoners in. Paris: wake up early, say prayers, work a lot, 2 hours of instruction/schooling each day, 2 meals plus 2 rations of bread, minimal recreation, evening prayer, inspection, go to bed. Disappearance of torture as a public spectacle. Eighteenth century: prisoners in their uniforms and shaven heads, with iron collars around their necks, performed public services with guards watching them abolished at beginning of nineteenth century latest. Punishment becomes hidden": makes no sense for justice to be as violent as the crimes, no glory in punishing. Sentences are not done because of a desire to punish, rather intended to correct, reclaim, cure.
