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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Thryft
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Challenging perspectives on punishment and reform.

This book could be a good read for someone who is interested in understanding the evolution of penal institutions and the shifting focus of punishment from the body to the soul. Michel Foucault's groundbreaking analysis questions our assumptions about rehabilitation and reveals the intricate power dynamics in our society. Prepare to have your perspectives challenged and reevaluated as you uncover the implications of this genuinely revolutionary book.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan
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ISBN: 9780394727677
Authors: Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 1995-04-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Sociology, History, Philosophy
Related Topics: Theory, Sociology, History, Politics, History, Politics, Classics, Theory, History
Goodreads rating: 4.23
(rated by 32068 readers)

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Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.Barely two hundred and fifty years ago a man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by the most influential philosopher since Sartre compels us to reevaluate our assumptions about all the ensuing reforms in the penal institutions of the West. For as he examines innovations that range from the abolition of torture to the institution of forced labor and the appearance of the modern penitentiary, Michel Foucault suggests that punishment has shifted its focus from the prisoner's body to the soul — and that our very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity.Lucidly reasoned and deftly marshaling a vast body of research, Discipline and Punish is a genuinely revolutionary book, whose implications extend beyond the prison to the minute power relations of our society.
 

Challenging perspectives on punishment and reform.

This book could be a good read for someone who is interested in understanding the evolution of penal institutions and the shifting focus of punishment from the body to the soul. Michel Foucault's groundbreaking analysis questions our assumptions about rehabilitation and reveals the intricate power dynamics in our society. Prepare to have your perspectives challenged and reevaluated as you uncover the implications of this genuinely revolutionary book.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.