Wednesday Investigation 02: Charles Fourier and the "political theory of crime"
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This note is from 1998, when I was reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish. Late in the book (p. 289), Foucault offhandedly mentions a group called the "Fourierists." Foucault argues that the Fourierists "were perhaps the first" to understand that some crime could have "a positive value," that crime could constitute "a political instrument that could prove [...] precious for the liberation of our society." (Foucault supplies quotes taken from issues of a Fourierist social sciences journal,
Wednesday Investigation 02: Charles Fourier and the "political theory of crime"
Wednesday Investigation 02: Charles Fourier…
Wednesday Investigation 02: Charles Fourier and the "political theory of crime"
This note is from 1998, when I was reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish. Late in the book (p. 289), Foucault offhandedly mentions a group called the "Fourierists." Foucault argues that the Fourierists "were perhaps the first" to understand that some crime could have "a positive value," that crime could constitute "a political instrument that could prove [...] precious for the liberation of our society." (Foucault supplies quotes taken from issues of a Fourierist social sciences journal,