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is a complex social function which must be examined not only through its negative aspects but also for its useful effect in the history of the human sciences.

For Foucault, punishment is a 'complex social function' which must be examined not only through its negative aspects but also for its 'useful effect' in the history of the human sciences.

is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions-- poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed-- which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished.

I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless cycle of violence in our culture. It is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions-- poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed-- which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished. Howard Zinn

is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that, unsuspected, ripens with the flower of the pleasure that concealed it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

is a non-utilitarian, objectiveless institution that, despite itself, is functional in that it produces an automatic solidarity.

an expressive institution -it is a realm for the expression of social values and the release of psychic energy. Strictly speaking it has no 'objective' or 'intended goal' . . . but having once set out this account, emphasizing the expressive, non-ultilitarian roots of punishment, Durkheim then introduces what I might call his paradox of higher utility. For he proceeds ot argue that punishment does, after all, achieve a definite end or objective. But it is not the petty calculation of social controllers which make punishment useful -these attempts rarely succeed in their control and reform ambitions. Instead it is the common expression of outrage that turns out to have a spontaneously functional effect. These outbursts of common sentiment -- symbolized and celebrated in the rituals of punishment -produce an automatic solidarity, a spontaneous re-affirmation of mutual beliefs and relationships which serve to strengthen the social bond. So punishment has a functionality in spite of itself. Uncaring about utility, it nevertheless achieves it. (Michel Foucault (2) By Barry Smart 404)

is a phenomenon that has progressed with the division of labor such that the overseer's book of penalties replaces the slave-drivers lash. Punishment resolves into economic punishment.

The division of labor in the factor is such he writes (1990:465), that it 'creates a continuity, a uniformity, a regularity, an order, and even an intensity of labour quite differnt from that found in the independent handicraft' In sentences that anticipate. . . foucault. . . he sdescribess how 'the overseer's book of penalties replaces the slave-driver's lash'..'all punishments naturally resolve themselves into fines and deductions from wages'. . . ' (in Chakrabarty public culture 12(3):660). . .

is a strange doctrine: The essence of political power, though unstable power which always carries with it an excessive quality, the right to punish transgressors and the obligation never to harm another person.

For Locke, punishment is a deeply unstable power that is put to productive use, offering a motivation for the formation of the commonwealth and a justification for the right of rebellion. Punishment always carries with it an excessive quality, and the purpose of founding a civil society is not to eradicate this excess but rather to manage and use it productively. That punishment can do this foundational and definitional work for political communities is due to its excess and instability, not to its perfection as a practice. Locke uses punishment to produce relatively stable subjects as a means of managing punishment's excess and instability. The creation of a subject that is capable of entering into a social compact and for whom full membership is possible requires the production of a different figure that carries the burden of danger and irrationality.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul. Simone Weil

is about power and social control. The elite utilize punishment to its best effect in a tactical manner to control the population and maintain order and their own power.

For Foucault, punishment is about power and social control. The elite utilize punishment to its best effect in a tactical manner to control the population and maintain order and their own power.

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