Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Hardcover
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In the Middle Ages there were gaols and dungeons, but punishment was for the most part a spectacle. The economic changes and growing popular dissent of the 18th century made necessary a more systematic control over the individual members of society, and this in effect meant a change from punishment, which chastised the body, to reform, which touched the soul. Foucault shows the development of the Western system of prisons, police organizations, administrative and legal hierarchies for social control - and the growth of disciplinary society as a whole. He also reveals that between school, factories, barracks and hospitals all share a common organization, in which it is possible to control the use of an individual's time and space hour by hour.
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One of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.
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Text: English, French (translation)
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- PublisherPantheon Books
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0394499425
- ISBN 13 9780394499420
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages333
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first american edition, 1977. "there is no glory in punishing." michel foucault trains his critical eye on the evolution of western penal systems, tracing the shift from physical punishment to the modern prison and the rise of disciplinary power. through a critical analysis of torture, punishment, and surveillance, foucault argues that the transformation from public spectacle to the "invisible" power of imprisonment reflects deeper changes in social and power structures. new york: pantheon. isbn: 0-394-49942-5. 333 pages. 9.5x6.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: staining to front board, bumping to head and foot of spine, near fine. jacket condition: closed-tear to front-panel, bumping to edges, closed-tear to back panel, chip to head of spine. unclipped(10.95). very good++. Seller Inventory # 1144
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