These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society,' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of a new punitive regime that still dominates contemporary society.

Indispensable for understanding the nature and unity of Foucault's overall project Examines how the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged Brings together previously unpublished historical material concerning classical political economy, the Quakers, English 'Dissenters,' and their philanthropy Invaluable not only for students of Foucault's work, but also all students of political philosophy One of the greatest texts recounting the history of capitalism

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Author Michel Foucault: Michel Foucault, acknowledged as the pre-eminent philosopher of France in the 1970s and 1980s, continues to have enormous impact throughout the world in many disciplines.

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Foreword: François Ewald And Alessandro Fontana
Introduction: Arnold I. Davidson
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1. 3 January 1973
2. 10 January 1973
3. 17 January 1973
4. 24 January 1973
5. 31 January 1973
6. 7 February 1973
7. 14 February 1973
8. 21 February 1973
9. 28 February 1973
10. 7 March 1973
11. 14 March 1973
12. 21 March 1973
13. 28 March 1973
    Course Summary
    Course Context
    Index Of Notions
    Index Of Names