Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
By: Foucault, Michel
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BookPublisher: New York, Vintage Books, 1995Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 333 pages.ISBN: 90-679-75255-2.Subject(s): philosophy | western penal system | history | psychology | punishment | | torture | FranceOnline resources: Wikipedia Summary: 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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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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