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Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison - Penguin Classics

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Publisher's Synopsis

'Imaginative, illuminating and innovative' The New York Times Book Review

The grisly spectacle of public executions and torture of centuries ago has been replaced by the penal system in western society - but has anything really changed?

In his revolutionary work on control and power relations in our public institutions, Michel Foucault argues that the development of prisons, police organizations and legal hierarchies has merely changed the focus of domination from our bodies to our souls. Even schools, factories, barracks and hospitals, in which an individual's time is controlled hour by hour, are part of a disciplinary society.

'Foucault's genius is called forth into the eloquent clarity of his passions ... his best book' Washington Post

About the Publisher

Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241386019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 365.643
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 5785
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 270g
Height: 129mm
Width: 196mm
Spine width: 30mm