Making a List, Checking it Twice

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In Fritz Allhoff & Scott C. Lowe (eds.), Christmas ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 104–113 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Santa, Genealogy, and History Power/Knowledge: The Gift That Keeps on Giving “He sees you when you're sleeping”: Foucault's Theory of Panopticism “He's making a list, he's checking it twice” Naughty or Nice: The True Meaning of Discipline The Archeology of Christmas.

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making a list, checking it twice ‐ Santa Claus surveillance system   The Polar Express ‐ and the 1934 song, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”   Rankin/Bass's television special ‐ Santa Claus is Comin' to Town in 1970   Santa's genealogy and history ‐ and work of French philosopher, Michel Foucault   Foucault's famous works, Discipline and Punish ‐ The Birth of the Prison   how the criminal confession ‐ functions as a model for other truth‐telling or knowledge gathering   punitive methods ‐ reflecting and shaping behaviors and interactions across society   understanding discursive practices ‐ another concept for Foucault's, Power/Knowledge   panoptic surveillance systems, of contemporary culture ‐ disciplining people to be “good” citizens   social history that Foucault traces ‐ Santa Claus myth, nineteenth‐century roots in surveillance methods disciplining children

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