Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 16:57:20 +0200
From: Bublitz <abubl1-AT-pbhrzs0.uni-paderborn.de>
Subject: Re: The Object of Discipline


Chris Mitchell wrote:
> 
> >I am currently reading Discipline and Punish and I need a little
> >clarification.  According to Foucault, "the art of punishing in the
> >regime of disciplinary power is aimed neither at expiation, nor even
> >precisely at repression."  Then what, according to Foucault, does
> >disciplinary punishment aim to do?
> >
> >Thank You
> >William Bock
> >
> >
> >I think it's more to do with regulation, the reconstruction of the
> individual according to the laws of the state, the repression of certain
> elements of the individual and the accentuation of others (on a
> punishment/reward basis).  The account Foucault gives at the beginning of
> D&P of the 18th century prison regime is a good example of disiplinary
> punishment as reconstruction.
> 
> Hope this helps
> Chris I think, it's a kind of productive regulation of the individual body , 
thereby rising the effectivity of power.

Hanna