"Discipline and Punish" by Michel Foucault is a must-read for those interested in the history and evolution of punishment. With a focus on the shift from physical punishment to psychological discipline, Foucault's work provides illuminating insights into the modern prison system. The book may be challenging for some readers, but those who persevere will be rewarded with a deeper understanding of our society's approach to punishment and control. Highly recommended for philosophy and criminology enthusiasts.

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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.

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