Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison /

Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984, author.
Uniform title:Surveiller et punir. English
Edition:Second Vintage books edition.
Imprint:New York : Vintage Books, 1995.
Description:333 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Prisons.
Prisons -- History.
Prison discipline.
Punishment.
Prison discipline.
Prisons.
Punishment.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2668209
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Varying Form of Title:Discipline & punish
ISBN:0679752552
9780679752554
Notes:Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-333).
Translation of 'Surveiller et punir'.
Summary:Counter 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. -- Publisher description.
Other form:Online version: Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Surveiller et punir. English. Discipline and punish. 2nd Vintage books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1995

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