How To Read Foucault's Discipline And Punish

Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro's excellent step-by-step reading guide a welcome addition to the How to Read Theory series.

Undergraduates across a wide range of disciplines are expected to have a solid understanding of Foucault's key terms, which have become commonplace in critical thinking today. While there are many texts that survey Foucault's thought, these are often more general overviews or biographical pr cis that give little in the way of robust explanation and discussion. In contrast, Schwan and Shapiro take a plain-speaking, yet detailed, approach, specifically designed to give students a thorough understanding of one of the most influential texts in contemporary cultural theory.

Author: Anne Schwan
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 07/08/2011
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780745329802

About the Author

Anne Schwan is Lecturer in English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University.

Stephen Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.

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