Discipline and Punish
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Discipline and Punish is Michel Foucault’s influential study of the historical transformation of punishment and the rise of modern disciplinary power in Western societies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Discipline and Punish canonical | 3 |
| Surveiller et punir | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Discipline and Punish Context triple: [Michel Foucault, notableWork, Discipline and Punish]
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De Cive
De Cive is a political and philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that analyzes the nature of civil society, sovereignty, and the relationship between individuals and the state.
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B.
Écrits de prison
Écrits de prison is a posthumously published collection of writings by French politician Jean Zay, composed during his imprisonment under the Vichy regime and valued for its literary quality and historical testimony.
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C.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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On Crimes and Punishments
On Crimes and Punishments is an influential 18th-century treatise that laid the foundations of modern criminal law and penology by arguing for rational, proportionate punishment and against torture and the death penalty.
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E.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Discipline and Punish Target entity description: Discipline and Punish is Michel Foucault’s influential study of the historical transformation of punishment and the rise of modern disciplinary power in Western societies.
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A.
De Cive
De Cive is a political and philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that analyzes the nature of civil society, sovereignty, and the relationship between individuals and the state.
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B.
Écrits de prison
Écrits de prison is a posthumously published collection of writings by French politician Jean Zay, composed during his imprisonment under the Vichy regime and valued for its literary quality and historical testimony.
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C.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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D.
On Crimes and Punishments
On Crimes and Punishments is an influential 18th-century treatise that laid the foundations of modern criminal law and penology by arguing for rational, proportionate punishment and against torture and the death penalty.
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E.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ work of social theory ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
history
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philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| author | Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
modern power operates through surveillance, normalization, and examination rather than overt violence
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public spectacle of corporal punishment was replaced by hidden, disciplinary forms of power ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| englishPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| englishTranslator | Alan Sheridan ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | France ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of the modern prison system
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techniques of discipline in schools, barracks, hospitals, and factories ⓘ transition from public execution to prison ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Discipline
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Prison ⓘ Punishment ⓘ Torture ⓘ |
| historicalScope | early modern period to 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
criminology
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cultural studies ⓘ political theory ⓘ sociology of punishment ⓘ surveillance studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Jeremy Bentham ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
disciplinary society
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docile bodies ⓘ micro-physics of power ⓘ normalization ⓘ panopticism ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Panopticon as model of disciplinary power ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Discipline and Punish
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Surveiller et punir
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| philosophicalTradition |
critical theory
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Gallimard ⓘ |
| structure | four parts ⓘ |
| subject |
body and power
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criminal justice ⓘ disciplinary power ⓘ history of punishment ⓘ modernity ⓘ penal system ⓘ prisons ⓘ social control ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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subject surface form:
Paul-Michel Foucault
this entity surface form:
Surveiller et punir