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* Foucault started by discussing two different styles of punishment - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens Damiens the Regicide] and Faucher's young prisoners in Paris.
* Foucault started by discussing two different styles of punishment - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens Damiens the Regicide] and Faucher's young prisoners in Paris.
* Two processes: (1) disappearance of punishment as a spectacle (**amende honorable**, prisoners in public work). (2)
* The way to evaluate the effectiveness of punishment changed: inevitability vs. visible intensity.
* Blame is redistributed between conviction vs. execution.
=== Quotes ===
{{Quote|text=It is ugly to be punishable, but there is no glory in punishing.|source=The body of the condemned}}
=== Interesting branches ===
* **amende honorable**

Revision as of 21:26, 16 July 2023

Notes

1. The Body of the Condemned

  • Foucault started by discussing two different styles of punishment - Damiens the Regicide and Faucher's young prisoners in Paris.
  • Two processes: (1) disappearance of punishment as a spectacle (**amende honorable**, prisoners in public work). (2)
  • The way to evaluate the effectiveness of punishment changed: inevitability vs. visible intensity.
  • Blame is redistributed between conviction vs. execution.

Quotes

It is ugly to be punishable, but there is no glory in punishing.

Interesting branches

  • **amende honorable**