Foucault: Crime, Police, & Power | Philosophy Tube

Part 1/2 - What is prison for? How has crime and punishment changed in the last 250 years? Philosopher Michel Foucault says the penal system - that's law, courts, police, surveillance - exists to protect the power of the ruling class, but what does that mean?

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Transcript of this Episode: http://tinyurl.com/gvp7gcx
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish
Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon
http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/docentes/rmont...
London Campaign Against Police & State Violence: https://londonagainstpoliceviolence.w...
Stop Watch: another guide to Stop & Search http://www.stop-watch.org/
PBS Idea Channel: What is Violence?    • What Is Violence?  
Stats on Race and Criminal Justice: http://www.irr.org.uk/research/statis...

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