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A step-by-step guide to reading Foucault's hugely influential text

Trade Review
'A useful and illuminating companion to Foucault's book, and will clarify much that remains puzzling about this proteiform thinker, dispelling misunderstandings and sending the reader on new and more fruitful paths' -- Fredric Jameson, William A. Lane Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
'[A] highly readable guide to one of Foucault's best-known but often misinterpreted works' -- Clare O'Farrell, author of Michel Foucault (2005) and founding editor of Foucault Studies
'An excellent aid to Foucault's classic text' -- Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick

Table of Contents
Rationale
Overview
Note on Translation
Part One: Torture
1. The Body of the Condemned
2. The Spectacle of the Scaffold
Part Two: Punishment
1. Generalised Punishment
2. The Gentle Way in Punishment
Part Three: Discipline
1. Docile Bodies
2. The Means of Correct Training
3. Panopticism
Part Four: Prison
1. Complete and Austere Institutions
2. Illegalities and Delinquency
3. The Carceral
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

How to Read Foucaults Discipline and Punish

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/07/2011
      ISBN13: 9780745329802, 978-0745329802
      ISBN10: 0745329802

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A step-by-step guide to reading Foucault's hugely influential text

      Trade Review
      'A useful and illuminating companion to Foucault's book, and will clarify much that remains puzzling about this proteiform thinker, dispelling misunderstandings and sending the reader on new and more fruitful paths' -- Fredric Jameson, William A. Lane Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University
      '[A] highly readable guide to one of Foucault's best-known but often misinterpreted works' -- Clare O'Farrell, author of Michel Foucault (2005) and founding editor of Foucault Studies
      'An excellent aid to Foucault's classic text' -- Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick

      Table of Contents
      Rationale
      Overview
      Note on Translation
      Part One: Torture
      1. The Body of the Condemned
      2. The Spectacle of the Scaffold
      Part Two: Punishment
      1. Generalised Punishment
      2. The Gentle Way in Punishment
      Part Three: Discipline
      1. Docile Bodies
      2. The Means of Correct Training
      3. Panopticism
      Part Four: Prison
      1. Complete and Austere Institutions
      2. Illegalities and Delinquency
      3. The Carceral
      Suggestions for Further Reading
      Index

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