The criminal’s soul is itself judged and punished, not merely analyzed
Evidence
The criminal’s soul is not referred to in the trial merely to explain his crime and as a factor in the juridical apportioning of responsibility; if it is brought before the court, with such pomp and circumstance, such concern to understand and such ‘scientific’ application, it is because it too, as well as the crime itself, is to be judged and to share in the punishment. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58
Categorization
- XREF: Direct evidence for the reader’s thesis: control extends to interiority — parallel to the telescreen policing thought itself. — connects to: Penitentiary technique judges the criminal’s affinity with crime, not the act itself — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 388; Modern punishment targets the soul rather than the body — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 55; Punishment doubled into an object relation producing the criminal as a known individual — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 163 (+3 more)
Related
- Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons (similarity 0.89)
- The respectful ‘humanity’ of the criminal became the target of correction (similarity 0.87)
- The soul is the prison of the body, not its freeing essence (similarity 0.85)
- Modern punishment targets the soul rather than the body (similarity 0.85)
- Penal power shifted its target from the body to the mind (similarity 0.85)
- Penitentiary technique judges the criminal’s affinity with crime, not the act itself (similarity 0.82)
- Punishment doubled into an object relation producing the criminal as a known individual (similarity 0.82)
- The example shifted from terror to the decipherable lesson of crime and punishment (similarity 0.81)
- Modern punishment targets liberty, not bodily pain (similarity 0.81)
- Penal reform shifted punishment from the act to the offender’s character (similarity 0.80)
- Discipline judges individuals themselves, not just their acts (similarity 0.80)
- Fabricating delinquency gave criminal justice authority through a scientific horizon of truth (similarity 0.80)
- Modern penal practice replaced the act-question with the identity-question (similarity 0.80)
- Modern penality’s ideal is endless observation rather than spectacular punishment (similarity 0.79)
- Penal power shifted from judging acts to interrogating the criminal’s identity. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Modern punishment targets the soul rather than the body
#expands(0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 55 - Punishment doubled into an object relation producing the criminal as a known individual
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 163 - The respectful ‘humanity’ of the criminal became the target of correction
#corroborates(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 126 - Judging the soul expands state hold from acts to potential persons
#expands(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 58 - The soul is the prison of the body, not its freeing essence
#responds-to(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 79