![]() ![]() In the book, Foucault began his discussion on torture with the gruesome account of the execution of Damiens the regicide on Ma(Foucault, 1977). In Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, Michel Foucault used the issue of torture to illustrate the change in power and prove the arbitrary nature of disciplinary institutions. In the 19th century, power was shifted to the soul.Īs a result, changes in correctional methods were made. ![]() In the 18th century, torture was used as a punishment for criminals and the public display of violence was done in an effort to deter crime and show the power of monarchy. Torture was part of this evolution and it disappeared due to the shift in the power. In the book Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, Foucault revealed the evolution of social correction and discipline. He was known to expose the changing nature of human institutions. Michel Foucault was considered as a postmodernist philosopher. ![]()
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