Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Couverture souple

Foucault, Michel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014013722X ISBN 13 : 9780140137224

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

Foucault shows the development of the Western system of prisons, police organizations, administrative and legal hierarchies for social control - and the growth of disciplinary society as a whole.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the Middle Ages there were gaols and dungeons, but punishment was for the most part a spectacle. The economic changes and growing popular dissent of the 18th century made necessary a more systematic control over the individual members of society, and this in effect meant a change from punishment, which chastised the body, to reform, which touched the soul. Foucault shows the development of the Western system of prisons, police organizations, administrative and legal hierarchies for social control - and the growth of disciplinary society as a whole. He also reveals that between school, factories, barracks and hospitals all share a common organization, in which it is possible to control the use of an individual's time and space hour by hour.

Biographie de l'auteur :

One of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France, Foucault's work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 014013722X
• ISBN 13: 9780140137224
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352