How To Read Foucault's Discipline And Punish

Informationen zum Autor Anne Schwan is Lecturer in English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A step-by-step guide to reading Foucault's hugely influential text Inhaltsverzeichnis Rationale Overview Note on Translation Part One: Torture 1. The Body of the Condemned 2. The Spectacle of the Scaffold Part Two: Punishment 1. Generalized 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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Anne Schwan is Lecturer in English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University.

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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.

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

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Rationale Overview Note on Translation Part One: Torture 1. The Body of the Condemned 2. The Spectacle of the Scaffold Part Two: Punishment 1. Generalized 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