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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison
Author: Michel Foucault
In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre 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.
ISBN-13: 9780394727677
ISBN-10: 0394727673
Publication Date: 1/12/1979
Pages: 333
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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