The soul is the effect and instrument of a political anatomy; the soul is the prison of the body.

Michel Foucault

Discipline and Punish

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Topic

Body and soul The soul

Author

Michel Foucault

Source

Discipline and Punish

Genre

Historical literature Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Foucault, Michel. Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison [Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison]. Gallimard, 1975.

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