The Punitive Society
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1972-1973
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Modern, Political
| Author: | Michel Foucault | ISBN: | 9781137532091 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michel Foucault |
| ISBN: | 9781137532091 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
