RE: Judges and psychiatrists

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---
"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience."
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