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JESUS CHRIST I DESERVE A MEDAL OF HONOR FOR READING THIS BOOK LITERALLY I AM BRAVER THAN THE TROOPS FOR THIS ONE
i'm writing a thesis on prison abolition which centers on the work of several incarcerated poets. obviously i had to read foucault. this was painful but also very very useful not just for my thesis but for reorienting my personal perception of power. my views on society as a spectacle, centralism, & vertical communication in power structures have all been reoriented. thanks michel, you made me wanna die some but i'll be quoting you a lot i guess
i'm writing a thesis on prison abolition which centers on the work of several incarcerated poets. obviously i had to read foucault. this was painful but also very very useful not just for my thesis but for reorienting my personal perception of power. my views on society as a spectacle, centralism, & vertical communication in power structures have all been reoriented. thanks michel, you made me wanna die some but i'll be quoting you a lot i guess
IM FINALLY DONE OMFG; it’s also 1:40 am. I will write the review tomorrow
It’s tomorrow:
Examines the shift from the brutal torture and public executions of the past towards the modern penal system. How punitive power exercised by sovereign powers over their people have shifted from shows of strength on spectacle to a kind of acknowledged but largely hidden from view affair.
This book was published in 1977; and around that time the general consensus among experts was that prison was a pretty ineffective system as far as correctional value was concerned. People often left incarceration more primed to be reconnected then join the community again. This was right before the massive prison boom started in the United States; and what he talks about feels almost prophetic as far as how convicts were effectively screened from larger society due to criminal record restrictions on housing and jobs. Though it was a little depressing to hear him talk about recidivism rates of 30% as a super bad thing when the re-arrest rate in the US range from 50% to 80% depending on timeline and area.
This is a pretty important book as far of criminal justice philosophy goes; I had to read an excerpt for class, my friend had to read some for law school, I’ve seen it referenced a bunch in videos. So it’s nice to finally have it under my belt. Granted there are sections that stray from the punitive system more to examples of systems of organization like the army, hospitals, schools, and factories/work houses. These dragged on and I had a hard time understanding their relevancy beyound the most basic level. There was also a cool section that went over the concept of panopticon and its applications.
A warning if this interests you; this was a but of a difficult read for me. When I first cracked this book open I texted a friend asking “Does he talk like that cause he’s French, old, or a philosopher?” And she said it was a bit of everything. My notes when pretty extensive simply cause I needed to rephrase things into my own words to make sure I got it and there were some sections I just didn’t even try.
It’s tomorrow:
Examines the shift from the brutal torture and public executions of the past towards the modern penal system. How punitive power exercised by sovereign powers over their people have shifted from shows of strength on spectacle to a kind of acknowledged but largely hidden from view affair.
This book was published in 1977; and around that time the general consensus among experts was that prison was a pretty ineffective system as far as correctional value was concerned. People often left incarceration more primed to be reconnected then join the community again. This was right before the massive prison boom started in the United States; and what he talks about feels almost prophetic as far as how convicts were effectively screened from larger society due to criminal record restrictions on housing and jobs. Though it was a little depressing to hear him talk about recidivism rates of 30% as a super bad thing when the re-arrest rate in the US range from 50% to 80% depending on timeline and area.
This is a pretty important book as far of criminal justice philosophy goes; I had to read an excerpt for class, my friend had to read some for law school, I’ve seen it referenced a bunch in videos. So it’s nice to finally have it under my belt. Granted there are sections that stray from the punitive system more to examples of systems of organization like the army, hospitals, schools, and factories/work houses. These dragged on and I had a hard time understanding their relevancy beyound the most basic level. There was also a cool section that went over the concept of panopticon and its applications.
A warning if this interests you; this was a but of a difficult read for me. When I first cracked this book open I texted a friend asking “Does he talk like that cause he’s French, old, or a philosopher?” And she said it was a bit of everything. My notes when pretty extensive simply cause I needed to rephrase things into my own words to make sure I got it and there were some sections I just didn’t even try.
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The beginning on torture was kind of a gory, so glad we don't live in a time of public executions. We can see how crime and punishment evolved through the ages. It talks about penal semiotics, how the crime and punishment sign has been established in our minds. "Body" politics, the body that is subjected to discipline and punishment. How we have moved from a culture of violence to surveillance. The visibility of the body in the panopticon functions as a tool for reformation. To be watched is a threat and a exercise of power. Disciplinary mechanisms have evolved that serves to exercise a power of normalisation over its subjects. A delinquent class has arisen in the prison system who are locked in the grips of power, ever under its watchful eye. The birth of the prison and its failures seem inevitable. The prison sentence as the go to form of punishment also seems irreplaceable in our panoptic society.
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Foucault describes the importance of the body and how it is used a tool to benefit society. Individuals are trained as if each individual is dangerous and should not desire freedom. Also, his criticisms on gentle punishment emphasizes the transition of society into becoming similar to prison, blurring the lines of separation between the two. His descriptions of disciplinary power as a new kind of police power, show society’s increased focus of control and surveillance. This disciplinary power and the other ideas he mentions are still present in modern day.
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