![]() ![]() Second, punishment stops targeting the criminal’s physical body. First, punishment of criminals stops being a public spectacle, with crowds coming to see criminals tortured or receiving pain. ![]() Over the course of the late 1700s and early 1800s, Foucault notes two major processes. ![]() He presents Discipline and Punish as a study of the political, historical, and social changes that were involved in this change in how people are disciplined in Western societies, especially in France, England, and to some extent the United States. Foucault is interested in this transformation in punishment, from public torture to private detention. The timetable is from 80 years later, detailing the daily schedule of a prisoner. Foucault begins Discipline and Punish with descriptions of two things: “a public execution and a timetable.” The execution is of Robert-François Damiens, who was drawn and quartered in 1757 for attempting to assassinate King Louis XV of France. ![]()
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