'Imaginative,illuminating and innovative'The New York Times Book ReviewThegrisly spectacle of public executions and torture of centuries ago hasbeen replaced by the penal system in western society - but has anythingreally changedIn his revolutionary work on control and power relationsin our public institutions,Michel Foucault argues that the developmentof prisons,police organizations and legal hierarchies has merelychanged the focus of domination from our bodies to our souls. Evenschools,factories,barracks and hospitals,in which an individual'stime 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
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241386019Number of pages: 352Weight: 260 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 24 mm
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Discipline and Punish is clearly a tour de force...that rare kind of book whose methods and conclusions must be reckoned with by humanists,social scientists and political activistsFoucault's genius is called forth into eloquent clarity of his passions...his best book'The main line of the thesis is enormously appealing and the range of historical sources and,even more,the analytical skill with which they are made to yield up their secrets,is quite dazzling'
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