Monthly Archives: May 2007

Discipline and Punish: The body of the condemned

Posted on May 24, 2007 by bford

Note: I found your post on Foucault, Brendan! metamorphosis– Foucault is detailing the complete change of the punitive systems in place. The spectacle of public executions are a thing of the past as well as the intense physical pain that … Continue reading →

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To do list…

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Jim Groom

A few things to note: * I posted the second chapter of Foucault on the readings page as well as the Introduction to Daniel E. Williams’s Pillars of Salt (please read both this weekend) * As I said yesterday, I … Continue reading →

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Framing Foucault

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Jim Groom

Here’s a still frame of a very dynamic and fascinating discussion.

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2nd reading

Posted on May 23, 2007 by drummerboy

Adaptation – “adapting punishment to the individual offender” Over the years this standard still previals. What has changed however is the severity of the punishments. Death has been hailed as the ultimate punishment for the most gruesome and horrible killers … Continue reading →

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Foucault

Posted on May 23, 2007 by mtt3e

Cruelty: causing unnecessary and especially painful suffering. This chapter suggests that the notion of cruelty has changed from the 1700s to now, and even from the 1700s to the 1800s. It opens with a strikingly grotesque narrative from an … Continue reading →

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second definitions

Posted on May 23, 2007 by aaust6yp

1. transformation– a change in appearance, nature, and character can be seen throughout this entire reading. obviously, the change in appearance is most obviously applicable to a body changing physically while subject to torture like that of Damiens in the … Continue reading →

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body of the condemned

Posted on May 23, 2007 by chard3ah

Spectacle- Foucault argues that as the “gloomy festival of punishment was dying out,” one of the first things to go was “the spectacle of punishment”. He uses the word spectacle to describe the public torture and execution of prisoners used … Continue reading →

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Monster

Posted on May 22, 2007 by mtt3e

Monster: A creature whose identity is created (or distorted) by the imagination or legend. The behavior of gang members is like a legend based on distant stories that becomes real to the people working in the prison system. Monster … Continue reading →

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1st reading

Posted on May 22, 2007 by drummerboy

Fear: All of the prisoners are ruled by fear. Life is lived in a constant state of emergency. Death is a permanent factor in prison life. Many of those who are imprisoned are not afraid to continue killing, even knowing … Continue reading →

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just punishment?

Posted on May 21, 2007 by drummerboy

Hi my name is Quintalis Hill. I’m a sophmore at the University of Mary Washington. I use Google to search

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