This early emphasis on public torture, is described in an account of a regicide's excruciatingly slow death, in the mid-eighteenth century. In the Middle Ages, gaols and dungeons served as prisons, however, punishment was delivered by making it a public spectacle. The main themes discussed in the book are punishment, torture, discipline, and prison. The book is a gripping body of work, with brilliant, philosophical insights, that suggest a distinct shift in focus of punishment, from the prisoner's body, to his soul, as can be seen from the reforms made, such as abolishing torture, and the evolution of the present day penitentiary system. It chronicles the different types of disciplinary systems in societies, while studying the differences in punishment systems used in the past as compared to modern times. Michel Foucault’s Discipline And Punish: The Birth Of The Prison, studying the changing views of societies on crime and punishment, was originally written and published in 1975, and is regarded as one of the most influential texts in contemporary cultural theory.įrench philosopher Michel Foucault wrote Discipline And Punish: The Birth Of The Prison, with a view to analyse the various mechanisms that led to significant changes in the penal systems in the West, during the modern ages, while focussing on the French system.ĭiscipline and Punish: The Birth Of The Prison begins by discussing how the concept of punishment has evolved over time.
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