Episode 169: Discipline

In episode 169 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about discipline. They think about modern culture’s rejection of discipline and how this manifests on the left vs the right, the association between discipline and punishment, and Michel Foucault’s seminal ideas on how disciplinary power rose in society. How can we discipline children without resorting to punishment? And are there models of self-discipline that don’t need to be rooted in punishment of the self?