Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
Ranked #13 in Prison, Ranked #17 in Criminal Law — see more rankings.
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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. less
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. less
Rankings by Category
Discipline and Punish is ranked in the following categories:
- #27 in Academia
- #18 in Criminology
- #19 in Graduate School
- #25 in Jurisprudence
- #77 in Law
- #61 in Philosophy
- #37 in Political Philosophy
- #40 in Political Theory
- #29 in Postmodernism
- #50 in Power
- #80 in Reasoning
- #75 in Research
- #65 in Social Sciences
- #36 in Sociology
- #56 in Studying
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