
PREMIUM-Episode 49: Foucault on Power and Punishment
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Foucault on Discipline
Foucault's concept of discipline in this book is tied to the system of observation. But I feel like we might be jumping ahead and we should roll back a little bit, he says. He spends a fair amount of time on the initial section establishing what he calls an economy of punishment underneath the sovereign. It has got to be more to do with the way it is kind of transition.
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