Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish‚ although verbose‚ contains important dialogue concerning the concept of power in the penal systems of late 18th century France with public execution‚ and the gradual transformation of power in subsequent disciplinary systems up to modern times. Power is closely related to the concepts of violence or force‚ but they are not the same. Throughout this work‚ Foucault establishes the trend of using power as a sort of political technology over the human body.
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Different Perspectives on Normalization Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish and J.S. Mill’s On Liberty both attend to the idea of the individual‚ similarly‚ yet quite differently. Mill believes that society thoroughly conditions minds so that every decision or action made by a person is heavily influenced by society. To Mill‚ genuine choices make individuality‚ as well as being spontaneous. According to Mill‚ as humankind has gone further and further into civil society‚ the less likely it is
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Rhetoric 103b 7 April 2015 Essay 2‚ Prompt 2: Foucault and Freud on the Autonomy of the Individual Both Foucault and Freud developed theories of the subject which describe individuals as influenced by repressive powers in their autonomy. Freud‚ in Civilization and its Discontents‚ represented the individual as restricted in their behaviors and pursuit of happiness by civilization‚ a faculty which had been developed to secure human happiness. Foucault credits the confession of sexuality to the repression
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Summary: This second review is based on the book The New Dare to Discipline‚ written by Dr. James Dobson and published by Tyndale Publishing Inc. 1992. This book not only distinctively illustrates the potential challenges from childhood through the adolescent years‚ but provides heartfelt advice through both personal and professional experiences. Once again Dr. Dobson does an exceptional job incorporating scripture as not only a tool‚ but as a support of his parental disciplining philosophies. Overall
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worth ethic will set me up for success in my future. Charlotte Kent‚ professor of English at Mercy College believes in strict syllabus with high expectations to shape her students and help prepare them for their future outside the classroom. In Michael S. Roth’s book Beyond the University‚ there were many critiques and arguments about the purpose of education
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The topic of our debate was based on discipline. ‘This house believes that standards of discipline within the Uniformed Public Services should be relaxed.’ There were valid points for both sides of the debate. The points mentioned during the debate of motion for agreeing with the statement being made were‚ if they made the decision to relax the discipline standards there would be an increase in applicants wanting to join the services. Members of the public are more likely to join knowing that
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The dispersal of discipline in the UK via Anti-Social Behaviour legislation In recent years the Criminal Justice System has argued to reduce the prison population by incorporating punishment in the community through use of anti-social behaviour legislation (Gibbs‚ 2009). Behaviour once not suitable for criminalisation has been dubbed anti-social that may cause ‘harassment‚ alarm or distress’ (Home Office‚ 2003) which requires a form of punitive focus to prohibit risk to society‚ however the definition
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Today’s Youth Justice Board came after the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act which passed to prevent young people from offending and re-offending (Home Office 2009). In the 1800’s when it came to punishment for crimes‚ there was no distinction between adults and children. People thought that the old forms of punishment‚ such as transportation and overall humiliation‚ were too severe for children. Mary Carpenter advocated for education rather than prison which introduced the battle between welfare and justice
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Discipline is of the utmost importance in order to ensure the efficiency of the military organization as a whole as well that of the individual units. Efficiency helps to ensure that goals are met and that the highest level of profeesionalism is maintained at all times. The level of discipline directly affects a soldier’s conduct so the two concepts are directly related and of equal importance. Discipline is important in life as well as in the Army. The core values of the British Army are: courage
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Discipline Children Some parents often assume that disciplining a child means having control over him or her. They also believe it can only be accomplished through punishment which is often ineffective because there is little to no teaching involved. However‚ discipline is important training and crucial to the development of children. This is why parents should discipline their children; starting in the toddlers‚ then elementary aged children‚ and teens. Parents start to discipline their
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