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A 6 page paper which examines Michel
Foucault's book "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison" as it relates to the main
point provided in the book. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAfoucl2.rtf
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look at many social institutions which are essentially, and vitally, linked to our prison system today. While Foucault (1997) has many different perspectives, and many different angles to his arguments,
his primary argument is that which indicates that the system is intricately linked to all other systems of discipline, and that all forms involve active participation in "repression, rejection, exclusion,"
and "marginalization" (p. 308). In the following paper we break down particular sections of his book as they pertain to his argument, presenting the student with an understanding of the
various elements to his thesis. The Body of the Condemned In the very beginning of Foucaults work he presents us with a story that involves Damiens, a known
regicide. His is a tale that allows us to see a shift in punishment approaches in regards to the institution. Foucault (1997) recounts the punishment: "The flesh will be torn
from his breasts, arms, thighs, and calves with red-hot pincers, his right hand ... burnt with sulfur, and, on those places where the flesh will be torn away, poured molten
lead, boiling oil, burning resin, wax and sulfur melted together and then his body drawn and quartered" (p. 3). To anyone with a rational sense of understanding crime and
punishment this does not appear to be punishment as much as it appears to be an act which asserts ones own power and domain. It is a savage act which
is intended to cause fear and obedience, not deter people from committing crimes. However, when the people began reacting negatively to such punishment, siding with the criminals and helping them
to escape, new approaches were needed, and quickly implemented. In this we see Foucaults approach to his thesis concerning how the institution is one of control, and is further strengthened
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