Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
$38.79
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2020
Summary
Foucault’s seminal work on torture, punishment, discipline and the prison system, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.
In the Middle Ages there were gaols and dungeons, but punishment was for the most part a spectacle. In this provocative work, Michel Foucault argues that the development of the Western system of prisons, police and legal hierarchies have merely shifted the focus of social control from our bodies to our souls.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241386019 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241386012 |
| Author: | Michel Foucault |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2020 |
| Weight: | 276g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Discipline and Punish is clearly a tour de force … that rare kind of book whose methods and conclusions must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists and political activists
Discipline and Punish is clearly a tour de force … that rare kind of book whose methods and conclusions must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists and political activists * The New York Times Book Review *Foucault’s genius is called forth into eloquent clarity of his passions … his best book * Washington Post *‘The main line of the thesis is enormously appealing and the range of historical sources and, even more, the analytical skill with which they are made to yield up their secrets, is quite dazzling’ – Harvie Ferguson * International Journal of Criminology and Penology *
About The Author
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in postwar France. Foucault’s work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, and literary criticism.
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