Discipline and Punish: Foucault on Prisons, Power & the Body
Why did public torture disappear and prisons take over? Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish traces this shift — not as progress, but as a new kind of power that works by shaping bodies and minds rather than destroying them.
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Topics covered:
• From public execution to the prison
• Disciplinary power and docile bodies
• The examination, the norm, and surveillance
• The panopticon
• Why Foucault matters for understanding modern institutions
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