Surveiller et punir – Naissance de la prison

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Author

Michel Foucault

Language

French

Year

1975

Country

France

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

modern europe

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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison is a 1975 book by French philosopher Michel Foucault. It is an analysis of the social and theoretical mechanisms behind the changes that occurred in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France. Foucault argues that prison did not become the principal form of punishment just because of the humanitarian concerns of reformists. He traces the cultural shifts that led to the predominance of prison via the body and power. Prison is used by the "disciplines" – new technological powers that can also be found, according to Foucault, in places such as schools, hospitals, and military barracks.