Summary Of "The Policing Of The Families" By Jacques Donzelot - UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES - E-book - ePub

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author. THE POLICING OF THE FAMILIESCHAPTER 3 GOVERNING THROUGH THE FAMILYIntroductionDonzelot argues that in the OLD REGIME (the French monarchical system, prior to the Revolution of 1789) the FAMILY was the subject and object of power relations. Subject because it produced its own model of power governed by the head of the family; This was because the head of the family was included in CORPORATIONS, VILLAGE COMMUNITIES, BLOCKS OF RELIGIOUS AND / OR FEUDAL DEPENDENCE.
THE FAMILY WAS THE MINIMAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, ARTICULATING IN AN INDISOCIABLE DEPENDENCE THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE. IN RELATION TO THE CENTRAL POWER, THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY HAD TO PROVIDE AN INCOME IN THE FORM OF TAX AND MEN (FOR THE MILICIA) IN EXCHANGE OF PROTECTION AND SOCIAL RECOGNITION