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Foucault, Michel Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 1979 p.244 Book History of Work, Foucault Citations, Discipline and Punish Discipline, Foucault, Capitalism, Biopower
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Foucault, Michel (1979)

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The length of the penalty must not be a measurement of the 'exchange value' of the offencel it must be adjusted to the 'useful' transformation of the inmate during his term of imprisonment. It is not a timemeasure, but a time finalized. The form of the operation, rather than the form of the wages. (p.244)

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Discipline, Foucault, Capitalism, Biopower

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History of Work, Foucault Citations, Discipline and Punish

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Sheridan A

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