SOC301H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Penitentiary Act, Solitary Confinement, Kingston Penitentiary
Document Summary
His starting point is very different from the rest of historians. History of systems of thoughts: how has the society changed over time; repression of sexuality; questioning why we have prisons. Shift from confession of priest to a confession to doctor. Shift to disciplinary power - punishment on the body (sovereign power) Shier force inflicted on the bodies displayed in the society. (inflicted. (e says it"s not feasible to always do this. Shift from sovereign to disciplinary power is not a complete shift. He talks about people to become self-governing individuals, align to the rules corporal punishment). of the state. He says the soul is the prison of the body. He suggests that disciplinary should work on the soul for the body to do something. self-regulating and self-governing. Process of normalization, be normal, fit in the society. Needed something else other than capital punishment. (not everyone could. Through surveillance sheer production of normalization.
