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I also associate Foucault most strongly with Discipline and Punish. But the reason, I confess, is the simply astonishing first pages of the book. For people w
by mturmon 12y ago
I also associate Foucault most strongly with Discipline and Punish.
But the reason, I confess, is the simply astonishing first pages of the book. For people who have not read it, I recommend it very highly as an example of forceful writing style: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~felluga/punish.html http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~felluga/punish.html . (It's not for the squeamish, and not good while eating.)
- tatterdemalion 12y agoAha my private motive in recommending D&P is uncovered. I don't think it is possible to find a more memorable and convincing display of the radical shift in the conception of sovereignty than in the comparison of those two passages.