The offender becomes society’s common enemy, a traitor deserving elimination

Evidence

In effect the offence opposes an individual to the entire social body; in order to punish him, society has the right to oppose him in its entirety. It is an unequal struggle: on one side are all the forces, all the power, all the rights. And this is how it should be, since the defence of each individual is involved. Thus a formidable right to punish is established, since the offender becomes the common enemy. Indeed, he is worse than an enemy, for it is from within society that he delivers his blows – he is nothing less than a traitor, a ‘monster’. How could society not have an absolute right over him? How could it not demand, quite simply, his elimination? — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 147

Categorization

• XREF: The internal enemy as ‘monster’ parallels the telescreen surveillance dynamic in Orwell — the threat emanates from within the social body, which is why constant vigilance is justified. — connects to: Punishment doubled into an object relation producing the criminal as a known individual — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 163; The respectful ‘humanity’ of the criminal became the target of correction — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 126; The sovereign executed regicides with symbolic maximal torture — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 108

Broader Connections

• 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 sovereign executed regicides with symbolic maximal torture #exemplifies (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 108
• The respectful ‘humanity’ of the criminal became the target of correction #qualifies (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 126