I’ve centered the juridical, elevating it to co-equal status with the ritual and disciplinary, while recognizing that the juridical is both a later development (certainly than ritual, but even the disciplinary, if we trace that back to how to arrange and perform rituals) and somewhat tenuous—it’s possible to imagine the juridical being eliminated. In fact, most utopias and dystopias alike are predicated upon the elimination of the juridical and, usually, its assimilation to the disciplinary; for that matter, much of the progressive program is predicated on this as well. It’s easy to see why: while I consider it best to see the juridical as a mode of deferral sidelining the vendetta (and related practices like blood payments) it remains marked by these practices which look barbaric from the standpoint of the juridical itself. It’s impossible to imagine the juridical without some residue of vengeance, and therefore as punishment “meted out” on a kind of scale that would address the resentment of the victim (and the community). The new science of criminology was already raising questions about this in the 19
On the Juridical/Disciplinary Line
On the Juridical/Disciplinary Line
On the Juridical/Disciplinary Line
I’ve centered the juridical, elevating it to co-equal status with the ritual and disciplinary, while recognizing that the juridical is both a later development (certainly than ritual, but even the disciplinary, if we trace that back to how to arrange and perform rituals) and somewhat tenuous—it’s possible to imagine the juridical being eliminated. In fact, most utopias and dystopias alike are predicated upon the elimination of the juridical and, usually, its assimilation to the disciplinary; for that matter, much of the progressive program is predicated on this as well. It’s easy to see why: while I consider it best to see the juridical as a mode of deferral sidelining the vendetta (and related practices like blood payments) it remains marked by these practices which look barbaric from the standpoint of the juridical itself. It’s impossible to imagine the juridical without some residue of vengeance, and therefore as punishment “meted out” on a kind of scale that would address the resentment of the victim (and the community). The new science of criminology was already raising questions about this in the 19