Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 25, 1995
A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre.
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- Genres
- Penology & Prisons, Criminology, Social Theory
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, April 25, 1995
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A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul.
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- prison, power, and social order
- sharp conceptual reframing
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- dense but lucid argument
- reference-friendly, keep-it-on-the-desk energy
Where it sits
| Penology & Prisons | 51% |
|---|---|
| Criminology | 38% |
| Social Theory | 33% |
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Publisher categories
- Social Philosophy
- Criminology
- Social Theory
- Authors
- Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- April 25, 1995
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Social Philosophy