The Spectacle of the Scaffold

by Michel Foucault

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Author(s)

Michel Foucault

Publication, year

London : Penguin Books, 2008

Scope

112 Pages, 18 cm.

ISBN

9780141036649

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Foucault’s writings on power and control in social institutions have made him one of the modern era’s most influential thinkers. Here he argues that punishment has gone from being mere spectacle to becoming an instrument of systematic domination over individuals in society – not just of our bodies, but our souls.

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Stroom project

Sam Durant ; Scaffold ; SY iTH

Location

Cabinet 30 - 2: Recht en Vrede ; See You in The Hague