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In this brilliant study, one of the most influential philosophers alive sweeps aside centuries of sterile debate about prison reform and gives a highly provocative account of how penal institutions and the power to punish became a part of our lives. Foucault explains the alleged failures of the modern prison by showing how the very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity
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Discipline and Punish. The Birth of the Prison, Michel Foucault
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- Released
- 1979
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michel Foucault
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1979
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0394727673
- ISBN13
- 9780394727677
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Political Science & Politics, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Literary Studies, Legal Topics, Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, France, Gifts for grandpa, Sociology, Scientific Theories, Cultural History, Studying, Struggle for Power, Prison, Studies, Morality, Crime Rate, Surveillance, monitoring, Prison System
- First published
- 1975
- Original title
- Surveiller et punir
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- In this brilliant study, one of the most influential philosophers alive sweeps aside centuries of sterile debate about prison reform and gives a highly provocative account of how penal institutions and the power to punish became a part of our lives. Foucault explains the alleged failures of the modern prison by showing how the very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity