Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison examines the historical development of modern punishment and imprisonment. Combining philosophical and social analysis, the book explores discipline, authority, surveillance, and control, offering a challenging study of how penal institutions relate to broader structures of modern society.
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison examines the development of modern punishment and imprisonment.
Michel Foucault explores how disciplinary practices became connected to institutions and social organization.
The book considers the relationship between punishment, authority, surveillance, and control.
It offers a philosophical and historical study of the prison and its place in modern society.
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