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Michel Foucault

Discipline And Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

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Essay Topics

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How can genealogy provide insight into modern problems? Use a genealogical approach to consider a contemporary social issue.

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Do you agree with the ideas of moral relativism and factual relativism? Do you believe in concepts of absolute truth and morality?

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Apply Foucault’s theories about power and the body to other works in which the body plays a significant role. For example, compare Foucault’s theories to Margaret Atwood’s description in her essay “The Female Body.” How does power both produce and repress the body in this work?

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