A Book Reviews of Foucault’s Discipline and Punish with Educational Refletions

Abstract

Foucault is the original author of the book (Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison), and the original edition is written in French . And then the English translation of its title was changed to Discipline and Punish by translator Alan Sheridan %%%. At the suggestion of the original author Foucault, the title of the book uses “discipline” because Foucault was interested in the richness of the word to express both “standardized training” as a technique of social power and “discipline” when appropriate. The book’s heart discusses the operation mechanism of control in modern society with punishment and discipline. Based on the birth of the prison process, detailed and profoundly discusses the how as a form of punishment power to change. According to Foucault’s theory, the punishment ways have changed from direct destruction of the flesh to control the soul’s transition. At the same time, in Foucault’s view, modern society is essentially a disciplined society. It can make people obedient without actually punishing them. The philosophical wisdom in this also brings a lot of educational reflections.