Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan, Thomas Mathiesen, Walter Seitter, Drago Braco Rotar

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Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . 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.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780679752554
ISBN10	0679752552
Series/Work	OL26841W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Vintage
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

365 Aspectos morais Contrôle social Crime Criminal justice Criminologia Criminology Direito penal Direitos humanos Discipline Disciplin (ordning) Essays Fängelser Fiction, general Filosofische aspecten Geschichte Gevangenissen Histoire Histo ria História

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