
Michel Foucault’s ”The Punitive Society” (Part 4/4)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Role of Class in Marxism
Penal theory at this time seeks to police workers, but to police their bodies. Alongside the repression of time, alongside Christian religious influence and association of virtue with being a hard worker. For Foucault, all these things work together. So it's not as though there's one single explanation. And this is something that I think a lot of Marxists could benefit from in that they wouldn't repeat some of the injustices found within capitalism"
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