Investigation transferred truth-finding authority from God and community to the sovereign state

Evidence

The investigation as an authoritarian search for a truth observed or attested was thus opposed to the old procedures of the oath, the ordeal, the judicial duel, the judgement of God or even of the transaction between private individuals. The investigation was the sovereign power arrogating to itself the right to establish the truth by a number of regulated techniques. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 351

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s bentham/Foucault panopticon thesis — investigation and examination are the two power-knowledge matrices that lead up to panoptic disciplines. — connects to: Fabricating delinquency gave criminal justice authority through a scientific horizon of truth — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 391; Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58; Responsibility-to-Protect discourse shifted sovereignty from nations to individuals (+5 more)

Related

• Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Fabricating delinquency gave criminal justice authority through a scientific horizon of truth #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 391
• Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58
• The punished body anchors sovereign power’s manifestation #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 110
• Undifferentiated power conflates truth with decision-making authority #expands (0.80)
• Responsibility-to-Protect discourse shifted sovereignty from nations to individuals #qualifies (0.78)
• Missionary conversion relied on state power more than persuasion #responds-to (0.70)