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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Michel Foucault

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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.

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About the Author

One of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679752554

Author:

Foucault, Michel

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Modern

Subject:

Criminology

Subject:

Philosophy, modern

Subject:

20th century

Subject:

Penology

Subject:

Prisons

Subject:

Punishment

Subject:

Prison discipline.

Subject:

History & Surveys - Modern

Subject:

Crime-Prisons and Prisoners

Copyright:

1995

Edition Number:

2

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage

Series Volume:

Bd. 1

Publication Date:

19950431

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

352

Dimensions:

8.12x5.14x.76 in. .55 lbs.

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