[lbo-talk] Marx without quotation marks

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Thu Apr 2 08:34:15 PDT 2009


Eubulides wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Jackson" <cqmv at pdx.edu>
>
>> Let's put Foucault's point bluntly: the purpose of the prison system
>> is to create criminals and expand various social practices and
>> discourse to "control" criminality. As far as I can see, the U. S.
>> prison system is a wonderful case study that illustrates Foucault's
>> point.
>>
>> Miles
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> I don't think MF subscribed to teleofunctionalist arguments.
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> Ian
Point taken; that was a sloppy post. "Purpose" is the wrong word. Omit it. The prison system--as a complex of discourse and social practices--creates criminals.

Miles



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