Should we read Foucault? It seems silly to invite strangers to read with me parts of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Surveiller et punir : Naissance de la prison) by Michel Foucault. I assume everyone has read it. A foundational text! But I realize I’m basing... posted 14mo ago with 10 replies (collapse hidden) 1515 Should we read Fouca (view hidden) 1515 It begins with the story of Robert-François Damiens, convicted for the attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 and sentenced to dismemberment. It describes his torture, after which each of his limbs is fixed to a horse. When the four horses, unac... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) 77 It begins with the s (view hidden) 77 This was also the end of "the body as the major target of penal repression." ... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) 33 This was also the en (view hidden) 33