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Discipline and Punish
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison | Michel Foucault
Beginning with the emergence of Western penal methods in the seventeenth century, the noted French philosopher explores the role of prisons in society and shows that prisons today, as always, simply define, refine, and perpetuate crime. Reprint.
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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 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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