The Penitentiary as a Model of Ideal Society,” from The Prison and the Factory

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Massimo Pavarini, “The Penitentiary as a Model of Ideal Society,” from The Prison and the Factory. Answer the following questions in 250-400 of your own words, using complete sentences.

1. What is a proletarian? How is a proletarian different from a peasant? Be specific.

2. How does the creation of the proletarian relate to social dislocation, and the Industrial Takeoff?

3. What does it mean that “prison is a factory of men”? How does this process work? What is it’s product? (Describe the product, don’t just name it.) What do you think about this claim?

4. How, according to Pavarini, does the invention of the penitentiary relate to capitalism? What do you think of this argument?