Contemporary Civilization (Spring)
Explore essential readings on civilization, power, and society in our Contemporary Civilization (Spring) list—featuring Diamond's *Guns, Germs, and Steel*, Foucault's *Discipline and Punish*, and de Beauvoir's *Le Deuxième Sexe*.
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Le Deuxième Sexe
by Simone de Beauvoir
The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.
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Discipline and Punish
by Michel Foucault
A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul.
