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Author Schwan, Anne, author.

Title How to read Foucault's Discipline and punish / Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro.

Publication Info. London : Pluto Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (186 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series How to read theory
How to read theory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-180) and index.
Contents Rationale -- Overview -- Note on Text -- Part One: Torture -- 1. Body of the Condemned -- 2. Spectacle of the Scaffold -- Part Two: Punishment -- 1. Generalized Punishment -- 2. Gentle Way in Punishment -- Part Three: Discipline -- 1. Docile Bodies -- 2. Means of Correct Training -- 3. Panopticism -- Part Four: Prison -- 1. Complete and Austere Institutions -- 2. Illegalities and Delinquency -- 3. Carceral -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index.
Summary "Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro's excellent step-by-step reading guide a welcome addition to the How to Read Theory series. Undergraduates across a wide range of disciplines are expected to have a solid understanding of Foucault's key terms, which have become commonplace in critical thinking today. While there are many texts that survey Foucault's thought, these are often more general overviews or biographical précis that give little in the way of robust explanation and discussion. In contrast, Schwan and Shapiro take a plain-speaking, yet detailed, approach, specifically designed to give students a thorough understanding of one of the most influential texts in contemporary cultural theory." --rear cover.
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Subject Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Surveiller et punir.
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Surveiller et punir (Foucault, Michel)
Prisons.
Prisons.
Prison discipline.
Prison discipline.
Punishment.
Punishment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Shapiro, Stephen A., author.
Other Form: Print version: Schwan, Anne. How to read Foucault's discipline and punish. London : Pluto Press, 2011 9780745329819 (DLC) 2011410326 (OCoLC)755665070
ISBN 9781849646086 electronic book
1849646082 electronic book
9780745329819
0745329810