The newly published _Les Anormaux_ (Gallimard/Seuil, 1999) would also speak
to these concerns.
Best wishes
Stuart
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Subject: Judges and psychiatrists
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Prarthna Chaddha wrote:
> Question:
> Is Foucault's thesis on the general shift from juridical to disciplinary
> forms of social power applicable to law?
There's a piece in _Politics, Philosophy, Culture_ about the colonization
of the legal system by disciplinary power--how the power of the judge is
displaced in the courtroom by that of the psychiatrist.
Matthew
---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University, Toronto---
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