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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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
Subject(s): 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) 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

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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