How to read Foucault's Discipline and punish /

How to read Foucault's Discipline and punish /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schwan, Anne, author.
Imprint:	London : Pluto Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (186 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	How to read theory How to read theory.
Subject:	Foucault, Michel, -- 1926-1984. -- Surveiller et punir. Surveiller et punir (Foucault, Michel) Prisons. Prison discipline. Punishment. Prison discipline. Prisons. Punishment. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11277473

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Other authors / contributors:	Shapiro, Stephen, 1964- author.
ISBN:	9781849646086 1849646082 9780745329819 0745329810 9780745329802 0745329802
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-180) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro's excellent step-by-step reading guide a welcome addition to the How to Read Theory series. Undergraduates across a wide range of disciplines are expected to have a solid understanding of Foucault's key terms, which have become commonplace in critical thinking today. While there are many texts that survey Foucault's thought, these are often more general overviews or biographical précis that give little in the way of robust explanation and discussion. In contrast, Schwan and Shapiro take a plain-speaking, yet detailed, approach, specifically designed to give students a thorough understanding of one of the most influential texts in contemporary cultural theory."--Back cover.
Other form:	Print version: Schwan, Anne. How to read Foucault's discipline and punish. London : Pluto Press, 2011 9780745329819

Table of Contents:

Rationale
Overview
Note on Text
Part One: Torture
1. The Body of the Condemned
2. The Spectacle of the Scaffold
Part Two: Punishment
1. Generalized Punishment
2. The Gentle Way in Punishment
Part Three: Discipline
1. Docile Bodies
2. The Means of Correct Training
3. Panopticism
Part Four: Prison
1. Complete and Austere Institutions
2. Illegalities and Delinquency
3. The Carceral
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index.