Format:Softcover
A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre.In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker 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.
History, Humanities & Society
333 pages • Softcover
First published 1995-04-25
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Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre.In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker 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.
History, Humanities & Society
333 pages • Softcover
First published 1995-04-25
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