
Michel Foucault’s ”Penal Theories and Institutions” (Part 1/2)
Theory & Philosophy
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The New PA Revolt Mirrored State Power
The new PA revolt weren't opposed to the emerging logics of control and lawfulness that were being inscribed onto the social body. The state's exertion of force was labeled armed justice, a term that was kind of a catch all. It wasn't as though it was just the military scaring people into existing a certain way into acting a certain way. All of these other institutions were conspiring or they were in cahoots with one another in order to maintain that order.
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