Thursday, February 27, 2020
Baudelaire. 1. The Eyes of the Poor
The poem by Baudelaire appears following this LINK
If you want to go more deeply into Baudelaire, modernization, and the architectural changes of the City of Paris, you can read the chapter III of Marshal Berman's book: ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR. The chapter III talks about Baudelaire and the new experiences of modernity and urbanization.
You can find the book by Berman following this LINK
Friday, February 21, 2020
Discipline and Punish.
Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault.
http://sites.psu.edu/vicarocas426s16/wp-content/uploads/sites/37602/2016/01/Discipline-and-Punish.pdf
Discussion.
1. What is the purpose of torture?
2. Is torture coherent with absolutism?
3. Why, according to Foucault, everything changes (from public execution to a “certain discretion in the art of inflicting pain”)?
4. According to the author, between the end of eighteenth and the beginning of nineteenth century, punishment “leaves the domain of more or less everyday perception, and enters that of the abstract consciousness”. Try to explain the reasons for this evolution.
5. What is the role of the hanging machine and the guillotine in all this process?
6. Explain the following idea: “The expiation that once rained down upon the body must be replaced by a punishment that acts in depth on the heart, the thought, the will, the inclinations.” (15)
7. Why does Foucault recommend to “regard punishment as a political tactic” (23)?
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