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Discipline and Punish

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (French: Surveiller et punir : Naissance de la 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and theoretical mechanisms behind the changes that occurred in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France.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.[1]

Author

Michel Foucault

Surveiller et punir

Alan Sheridan

French

Prisons
Prison discipline
Punishment

France

Print (Hardback & Paperback)

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0-394-49942-5 (First English edition)

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To make the secret public (according to Foucault, the investigation was kept entirely secret even from the accused). The secret of the investigation and the conclusion of the magistrates was justified by the publicity of the torture.

To show the effect of investigation on confession. (According to Foucault, torture could occur during the investigation, because partial proofs meant partial guilt. If the torture failed to elicit a confession then the investigation was stopped and innocence assumed. A confession legitimized the investigation and any torture that occurred.)

Reflecting the violence of the original crime onto the convict's body for all to see, in order for it to be manifested then annulled by reciprocating the violence of the crime on the criminal.

Enacting the revenge upon the convict's body, which the monarch seeks for having been injured by the crime. Foucault argues that the law was considered an extension of the sovereign's body, and so the revenge must take the form of harming the convict's body.

, a Foucauldian concept developed in Discipline and Punish, among other works.

Discourse

Drill commands

Foucauldian discourse analysis

Governmentality

The History of Sexuality

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"What Would It Matter If Everything Foucault Said about Prison Were Wrong? "Discipline and Punish" after Twenty Years"

Fisher, George (1995). (PDF). Yale Law Journal. 105 (6): 1235–1324. doi:10.2307/797132. JSTOR 797132.

"The Birth of the Prison Retold"

Foucault, Michel (1977). Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. New York: Vintage Books.  978-0-67975-255-4.

ISBN

Foucault, Michel (2007). Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1977-78. London: Palgrave Macmillan.  978-1-40398-652-8.

ISBN

Foucault, Michel (1975). Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison (in French). Paris: Gallimard.  978-2-07029-179-3.

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Garland, David (1986). . American Bar Foundation Research Journal. 11 (4): 847–880. doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.1986.tb00270.x. JSTOR 828299.

"Review: Foucault's Discipline and Punish: An Exposition and Critique"

Schriltz, Karl von (1999). . Critical Review. 13 (3–4): 391–411. doi:10.1080/08913819908443539.

"Foucault on the prison: Torturing history to punish capitalism"

Spierenberg, Petrus (1984). The Spectacle of Suffering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  978-0-52126-186-9.

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Welsh, John (2018). . Critical Sociology. 44 (1): 29–44. doi:10.1177/0896920516628308. S2CID 78086695.

"The Meta-Disciplinary: Capital at the Threshold of Control"

Notes on the book at Dave Harris & Colleagues

Comments on translation

Precursory information on Mettray Prison

Notes on Foucault works (including Discipline and Punish) from University of Minnesota Dept of Communication Studies

Extensive summary and notes on Discipline and Punish for students of Foucault

Excerpt from Discipline and Punish