Transcending the Carceral Archipelago: Existential, Figurational and Structurational Perspectives on Power and Control
Keywords:
Power, agency, figurational sociology, structuration theory, Poder, agencia, sociología figuracional, teoría de la estructuraciónAbstract
From Foucault (1977) through to Cohen (1985) and Feeley and Simon (1992) criminological thinking about punishment has been dominated by penal rationalities of power and control. This has led to an under-theorised notion of the individual in criminology (Green 2011). As society and penality become increasingly ‘re-emotionalised’ (Karstedt 2011) justice and punishment are invested with a new narrative and expressive dimensions. Drawing on Sartre’s (2010) existential philosophy about choice and authenticity and the social theory of Norbert Elias (2000) and Anthony Giddens (1986) the aim is to locate individual freedom and agency within these wider social conditions and through this begin to provide the basis for a broader conception for criminology of power that is both enabling and liberating as well as oppressive and controlling.
De Foucault (1977) a Cohen (1985) y Feeley y Simon (1992), el pensamiento criminológico sobre el castigo ha estado dominado por las racionalidades penales del poder y el control. En criminología, esto ha llevado a una noción del individuo infra-teorizada (Green 2011). A medida que se han “re-emocionalizado” la sociedad y la penalización (Karstedt 2011), se ha investido a la justicia y al castigo de una nueva dimensión narrativa y expresiva. Inspirándose en la filosofía existencial de Sartre (2010) sobre la elección y autenticidad, y la teoría social de Norbert Elias (2000) y Anthony Giddens (1986), el objetivo de este artículo es situar la libertad y acción individual dentro de estas condiciones sociales más amplias, para después comenzar a ofrecer la base para una concepción más amplia de la criminología del poder, que sea tanto facilitadora y liberadora, como opresiva y controladora.
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