Foucault and Punishment

It changes with the passage of time, this is the common theme of all things in the world. In this respect, the concept of punishment is no exception. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the common view of punishing people was the revenge of the king and took place in the town square. At first glance, the human mindset changed, the concept of punishment turned into a psychological approach rather than public / torture law. The following paragraphs discuss the development of prison, the right people actually punish, and the overall meaning and function of the prison.

But it is French philosopher Michelle Foucault. This article critically evaluates Foucault's discourse concept and Bentham's circulation theory and prove Foucault's punishment concept. In general, disciplinary organizations are the places where they exercise and exercise through various mechanisms. No doubt, in disciplinary action and punishment (1977), Foucault's attention to disciplinary action and surveillance is more prominent than his other family tree works. In this study, he studied the progressive complexity of the discipline mechanism like punishment in prison, and in fact, after prudent review, represented the same progress of the social discipline mechanism.

Michel Foucault is a 20th century French sociologist who believes that punishment is a threat to society and that discipline is a mechanism of knowledge of power. Foucault is known for his works entitled "Discipline and Punishment: Birth of a Prison" published in 1977, where he is a major practitioner of the modern world asking criminal punishment for criminal acts (France) and disciplinary action As. He revealed the quality of punishment in Europe and the United States from 1750 to 1820 and pointed out three major changes. (1) punishment from "body" to "soul / spirit", (2) from revenge to transformation, and (3) from punishment to correction. In the second part of his book, Foucault marks the prison as a template of modern subject technology. Disciplinary action against "expert" (psychologist, project organizer, parole officer, etc.)

In 1977, Michelle Foucault announced "Penalty and Punishment: The Birth of Prison". In his complicated exploration of revenge, Foucault adopted a method from the beginning to investigate the problem through detailed investigation of criminal acts. His core focus is the relationship between the power movement in the modern society and its knowledge, and the movement and physical strength.