The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions

The essay aims to highlight the role of the repression in the course taught by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France Théories et institutions pénales of 1971-1972 and in the texts in which, during the same years, Foucault elaborates the genealogy of the modern penal system. During the 1971-72 cou...

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Main Author: Alessandro Pandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2016-12-01
Series:Scienza & Politica
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Online Access:https://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/6615
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spelling doaj-740d463baa064f7b9e24bdca616032702020-11-25T00:35:02ZengUniversity of BolognaScienza & Politica1590-49461825-96182016-12-01285510.6092/issn.1825-9618/66156015The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal InstitutionsAlessandro Pandolfi0Università di UrbinoThe essay aims to highlight the role of the repression in the course taught by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France Théories et institutions pénales of 1971-1972 and in the texts in which, during the same years, Foucault elaborates the genealogy of the modern penal system. During the 1971-72 course Foucault represents repression as a political device that beside the use of violence, simultaneously brings into play new tactics, new relationships, new balance of power, and above all, anticipates the institutions and the fundamental practices criminal law of modernity.https://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/6615RepressionePenalitàStato modernoInchiestaCrimine politicoDelitto comune.
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The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions
Scienza & Politica
Repressione
Penalità
Stato moderno
Inchiesta
Crimine politico
Delitto comune.
author_facet Alessandro Pandolfi
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title The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions
title_short The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions
title_full The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions
title_fullStr The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions
title_full_unstemmed The Dialectic of Repression. Michel Foucault and the Birth of Penal Institutions
title_sort dialectic of repression. michel foucault and the birth of penal institutions
publisher University of Bologna
series Scienza & Politica
issn 1590-4946
1825-9618
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The essay aims to highlight the role of the repression in the course taught by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France Théories et institutions pénales of 1971-1972 and in the texts in which, during the same years, Foucault elaborates the genealogy of the modern penal system. During the 1971-72 course Foucault represents repression as a political device that beside the use of violence, simultaneously brings into play new tactics, new relationships, new balance of power, and above all, anticipates the institutions and the fundamental practices criminal law of modernity.
topic Repressione
Penalità
Stato moderno
Inchiesta
Crimine politico
Delitto comune.
url https://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/6615
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