Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

by Foucault, Michel (1979)

Key Passage

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)

Keywords

Discipline, Foucault, Capitalism, Biopower

Themes

Discipline and Punish, Foucault Citations, History of Work

Links to Reference

• https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/266130603

Translator

Sheridan, A.

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