SOC 3312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Body Politic

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3312
• Professor: Abdoulaye Gueye

Document Summary

These rules have created a public execution and a time-table. More details on pages 3 to 5. Old laws and certain customs have faded and died out. One of the greatest is the disappearance of torture as a public spectacle, the body being the major target of punishment disappeared, dying out between the end of the 18th and beginning of the. There were two processes at work here, that did not occur for the same reason. The first was the disappearance of the punishment as a spectacle as previously said. It now only served as legal or administrative practice. Prisoners were used for public works, distinguished by their shaven heads and clothes, carrying iron collars and chains with bombshells to prevent injury, dragging behind them as they did their duties. The theatrical elements were now less emphasized. consequences: everyday perceptions into consciousness, the punishment not the spectacle must discourage the crime, inedibility, not intensity.