'Discipline and Punish' is a masterwork and a great read. Foucault's influence is huge. If you're capable of reading him and choose not to, you may be cutting y

'Discipline and Punish' is a masterwork and a great read. Foucault's influence is huge. If you're capable of reading him and choose not to, you may be cutting your nose off to spite your face. I say this as someone who read Russell's chapter on Nietzsche and avoided reading his work, then read it. Critiques should be accompanied with salt.