Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Author: Michel Foucault

Brand: Vintage Books

Features:

• Vintage Books

Number Of Pages: 333

Publisher: Vintage Books

Details: Product Description 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. About the Author Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lecturerd in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Francais in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophi at the Faculte des Lettres in the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France; and wrote frequently for French newspapers and reviews. At the time of his death in 1984, he held a chair at France's most prestigious institutions, the College de France.

EAN: 8601300368924

Release Date: 25-04-1995

Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English