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Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison / Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Alan Sheridan.

By:

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 [Author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York, New York : Pantheon Books, (c)1977.Edition: first American editionDescription: 333 pages, 3. leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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LOC classification:

HV8666 .D573 1977

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Contents:

The body of the condemned -- The spectacle of the scaffold --

Generalized punishment -- The gentle way in punishment --

Docile bodies -- The means of correct training -- Panopticism --

Complete and austere institutions -- Illegalities and delinquency -- The carceral.

Subject: 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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	HV8666.F683.D573 1977 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923002083158

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PART ONE: TORTURE -- The body of the condemned -- The spectacle of the scaffold --

PART TWO: PUNISHMENT -- Generalized punishment -- The gentle way in punishment --

PART THREE: DISCIPLINE -- Docile bodies -- The means of correct training -- Panopticism --

PART FOUR: PRISON -- Complete and austere institutions -- Illegalities and delinquency -- The carceral.

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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