Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison

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Foucault's seminal work on torture, punishment, discipline and the prison system, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time

In the Middle Ages there were gaols and dungeons, but punishment was for the most part a spectacle. In this provocative work, Michel Foucault argues that the development of the Western system of prisons, police and legal hierarchies have merely shifted the focus of social control from our bodies to our souls.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241386019
Published: April 2020

Number of pages: 352
Width: 129 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 20 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd