Violence and the confession
 

Foucault 59: "Since the Middle Ages, torture has accompanied [the confession] like a shadow" -- he refers to them as "the dark twins"
 
"the confession [can be] wrung from a person by violence or threat"

> from Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality: An Introduction (1976, translated 1977)

> tagged with #information, #torture, #violence

> created September 29, 2025 at 12:54:10 PM


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