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Discipline & Punish
Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison | 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.
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Foucault examines the prison system in the Western world and the treatment of the #criminal class, whilst reflecting on the institutionalization of society as a whole.
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@batsy @Cinfhen

batsy Brilliant! I've read excerpts, his work is amazing. I should read this in its entirety. 6y
Cinfhen So many books written about the penal system...and still we can‘t get it right 😞😢💔 6y
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