Discipline & Punish · The Birth of the Prison

Discipline & Punish · The Birth of the Prison
Authors
Foucault, Michel
Publisher
Vintage
Tags
history , social science , philosophy , sociology , criminology , politics
ISBN
9780307819291
Date
1975-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
3.31 MB
Lang
en
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In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre 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.