“But the guilty person is only one of the targets of punishment. For punishment is directed above all at others, at all the potentially guilty.”
Quote by Michel Foucault
Work
Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Focusing on the historical transformation of punishment from public spectacle to solitary confinement, Michel Foucault examines the role of power and control in the development of the penal system. more
Author
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher known for his critical analysis of knowledge, power, and discourse. His work covered a wide range of topics, including madness, prisons, sexuality, archaeology of knowledge, and biopolitics. Foucault's ideas have had a profound impact on postmodernism, critical theory, and cultural studies. more
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