These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society, ' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of a new punitive regime that still dominates contemporary society.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2016

ISBN

9781137532091

Topic

Philosophy

Subtopic

Political Philosophy

Cover Page
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword: François Ewald and Alessandro Fontana
Translator’s note
One 3 JANUARY 1973
Two 10 JANUARY 1973
Three 17 JANUARY 1973
Four 24 JANUARY 1973
Five 31 JANUARY 1973
Six 7 FEBRUARY 1973
Seven 14 FEBRUARY 1973
Eight 21 FEBRUARY 1973
Nine 28 FEBRUARY 1973
Ten 7 MARCH 1973
Eleven 14 MARCH 1973
Twelve 21 MARCH 1973
Thirteen 28 MARCH 1973
Course summary
Course context
Index of concepts and notions
Index of names