Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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.
GenresPrison disciplinePrisonsPunishment
333 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 1977 by Pantheon Books · ISBN 9780679752554
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Editions
2 editions
English
- Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison · Pantheon Books · 1977 · ISBN 9780679752554 This page
Other (sp)
- Discipline and Punish · Clave Intelectual · 2022 · ISBN 9788412471670
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