Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Michel Foucault,

Alan Sheridan(Translator)

Michel Foucault,

Alan Sheridan(Translator)

1975 • 354 pages

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A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker 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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Peter

Well-written and surprisingly hard book to put down but:
* pretty dense sometimes (especially if you lack the proper philosophical/legal education like me).
* IF you'll finish this you may want to re-read it in the future.
* after finishing you may want to find some good critique of this (like me right now).

September 7, 2020