Michel Foucault: "In its function, the power to punish…"

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Dans sa fonction, le pouvoir de punir n'est pas essentiellement différent de celui de guérir ou d'éduquer.

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“Knowledge is not for knowing: knowledge is for cutting”

Michel Foucault

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