Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Author(s): Michel Foucault
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.
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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.
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.274
- : April 1991
- : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Michel Foucault
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : good
- : 352
- : Criminal or forensic psychology; Penology & punishment; Popular psychology
- : facsimiles