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Porter, Roy Foucault's great confinement 1990 Article Foucault, On Foucault Foucault, Madness, Absolutism, Work Ethic, Surveillance, Workhouses, History
Citation Porter, Roy 1990 Article Hist. Human Sci. Foucault Madness Absolutism Work Ethic Surveillance Workhouses History Foucault On Foucault

"Foucault's great confinement"

by Porter, Roy (1990)

Abstract

… the contrast with nineteenth-century practice is stark indeed).'° In later studies, especially La volonte de savoir (1976), Foucault detached himself from those who interpret the disciplines of modernity (eg sexual restraint) as responses to the ' work ethic ' supposedly demanded by …

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Foucault, Madness, Absolutism, Work Ethic, Surveillance, Workhouses, History

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Foucault, On Foucault

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