Un recorrido histórico sobre el castigo: la ley y el poder desde la mirada de Michel Foucault.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the historical journey of punishment, its relationship with law and power from the Foucault’s premises, and to answer the following question: What role has punishment played in the enforcement of the law in order to exercise power? In this way, historical facts that deal with the way of punishing in different times are analyzed, and some works by Foucault is taken into account, together with other authors who give their contribution to the evolution of punishment, this through a documentary analysis, which allows concluding, that each century presents important changes according to the ways of punishing, and in the last years it becomes a punishment to reform more souls, than bodies. Throughout history, punishment has been how individuals are controlled and compelled to follow established laws and norms.