![]() Here‘ supplice’ refers specifically to the public torture and execution of criminals that provided one of the most popular spectacles of eighteenth-century France. For the sake of brevity, I have entitled this first part ‘Torture’, but no single English word will cover the full range of the French. In the end Foucault himself suggested Discipline and Punish, which relates closely to the book’s structure.Īnother problem was posed by the French word ‘ supplice’, which heads the first part of the book. ‘Observe’ is rather too neutral, though Foucault is aware of the aggression involved in any one-sided observation. ‘Supervise’ is perhaps closest of all, but again the word has different associations. ![]() ![]() Jeremy Bentham used the term ‘inspect’ – which Foucault translates as ‘ surveiller’ – but the range of connotations does not correspond. Our noun ‘surveillance’ has an altogether too restricted and technical use. More seriously the verb ‘ surveiller’ has no adequate English equivalent. To begin with, Foucault uses the infinitive, which, as here, may have the effect of an ‘impersonal imperative’. Andry, 1749.Īny closer translation of the French title of this book, Surveiller et punir, has proved unsatisfactory on various counts. Harou-Romain, 1840.Ħ Interior of the penitentiary at Stateville, United States, twentieth century.Ĩ Lecture on the evils of alcoholism in the auditorium of Fresnes prison.ĩ Steam machine for the ‘celeriferous’ correction of young boys and girls.ġ0 L’orthopédie ou l’art de prévenir et de corriger dans les enfants les difformités du corps (Orthopaedics or the art of preventing and correcting deformities of the body in children) by N. Bentham, 1843.Ĥ Plan for a penitentiary by N. At the time of his death in 1984, he held a chair at France’s most prestigious institution, the Collège de France.ġ Medal commemorating Louis XIV’s first military revue in 1668ģ Plan of the Panopticon by J. He lectured in universities throughout the world served as the director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany, and at the Institute de Philosophie at the Faculté des Lettres in the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France and wrote frequently for French newspapers and reviews. Earlier this year, filmmaker David Bernabo released Just for the Record: Conversations With and About “Blue” Gene Tyranny, a documentary exploring Tyranny’s work.Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. In 2019, Tyranny and Peter Gordon issued their collaborative record Trust in Rock on the label. In 2012, Tyranny released Detours, his first album on Unseen Worlds. The two worked together for years, most notably on 1979’s Just for the Record, and a number of Ashley’s operas, including Perfect Lives (Private Parts), Dust, and Celestial Excursions. Tyranny’s most well-known partnership was with composer Robert Ashley. ![]() In addition to his work with Iggy Pop, Tyranny has collaborated with jazz composer and arranger Carla Bley, Laurie Anderson, Bill Dixon, Peter Gordon, and more. Years later, when Iggy and the Stooges released Raw Power, Tyranny joined the band on tour. In the mid-1960s, Tyranny played in the Prime Movers Blues Band with Iggy Pop (then known as Jim Osterberg). He was eventually invited to audition for Juilliard as a performance major, but did not follow through with a degree at the prestigious school, as he was more interested in composing. Tyranny’s extensive work as an artist began at a young age in high school, he curated contemporary-music concerts and performed works by avant-garde composers such as John Cage and Charles Ives. “Blue was a shining enigma of generosity and brilliance,” record label Unseen Worlds wrote in an Instagram post announcing his death. Tyranny died December 12 in hospice care in New York from diabetes complications. “Blue” Gene Tyranny, the pianist and composer who played with Iggy and the Stooges during their Raw Power tour, has died, The New York Times reports and Pitchfork can confirm. ![]()
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