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Apr 25, 1995 | ISBN 9780679752554 Buy
Apr 18, 2012 | ISBN 9780307819291 Buy
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Apr 25, 1995 | ISBN 9780679752554
Apr 18, 2012 | ISBN 9780307819291
A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker 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.
MICHEL FOUCAULT, one of the leading philosophical thinkers of the 20th century, was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophie… More about Michel Foucault
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