The best books for understanding our contemporary world
Discover the best books for understanding our contemporary world, from Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish to essential social science reads that decode modern power, society, and culture.
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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.
