Discipline and Punish

essay by Michel Foucault
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Discipline and Punish

Summary

Discipline and Punish is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discipline and Punish authored Michel Foucault[3].
  • Discipline and Punish received the International Sociological Association Books of the Century[4].
  • Discipline and Punish's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • Discipline and Punish was published by Éditions Gallimard[6].
  • Discipline and Punish was published by Ad Marginem[7].
  • Discipline and Punish's genre is essay[8].
  • Discipline and Punish was followed by The History of Sexuality[9].
  • Discipline and Punish's depicts is recorded as Panopticon[10].
  • Discipline and Punish's place of publication is recorded as Paris[11].
  • Discipline and Punish's language of work or name is recorded as French[12].
  • Discipline and Punish's country of origin is recorded as France[13].
  • Discipline and Punish was released on February 1, 1975[14].
  • Discipline and Punish's translator is recorded as Alan Sheridan[15].
  • Discipline and Punish's has edition or translation is recorded as Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison[16].
  • Discipline and Punish's has edition or translation is recorded as Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison[17].
  • Discipline and Punish's has edition or translation is recorded as Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison[18].
  • Discipline and Punish's has edition or translation is recorded as Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison[19].
  • Discipline and Punish's main subject is prison[20].
  • Discipline and Punish's main subject is disciplinary institution[21].
  • Discipline and Punish's work available at URL is recorded as http://www.gumer.info/bibliotek_Buks/History/Fuko_Tyrm/index.php[22].
  • Discipline and Punish's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+328'}[23].
  • Discipline and Punish's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Surveiller et punir'}[24].
  • Discipline and Punish's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '監獄の誕生'}[25].
  • Discipline and Punish's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Naissance de la prison'}[26].
  • Discipline and Punish's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '監視と処罰'}[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 874a1868-eeb8-4421-bd51-a1f2a78db28d[29]

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Designation and Status

Discipline and Punish's instance of is recorded as written work[5].

Why It Matters

Discipline and Punish ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,664 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Discipline and Punish receive?

Honors received include International Sociological Association Books of the Century[4].

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  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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