Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Foucault - the power of the norm

the normal is an idea with which to measure things against. foucault reveals this ideas after reviewing 18c developments in punishment and reward. 'the marks that once indicated status, privilege and affiliation were increasingly replaced - or at least supplemented - by whole range of degrees of normality . . . Playing a part in classification, hierarchization and distribution of rank.' p 184 discipline and punish

the normal is an idea with which to measure things against. foucault reveals this ideas after reviewing 18c developments in punishment and reward. 'the marks that once indicated status, privilege and affiliation were increasingly replaced - or at least supplemented - by whole range of degrees of normality . . . Playing a part in classification, hierarchization and distribution of rank.' p 184 discipline and punish

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