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Sovereign Power and Punishment as Spectacle (Bran I, AGoT)

Sovereign Power and Punishment as Spectacle (Bran I, AGoT)

Update: 2020-09-29
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In this episode we explore how sovereign power is wielded in the North and consider the function of Gared's execution as a spectacle. 
 
Mentioned in this episode:

Foucault, M. 1977, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, translated by A. Sheridan, Penguin, London.

Race for the Iron Throne (Bran I Analysis): https://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/chapter-by-chapter-analysis-bran1/ 
 
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Sovereign Power and Punishment as Spectacle (Bran I, AGoT)

Sovereign Power and Punishment as Spectacle (Bran I, AGoT)

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