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‘Observe’ is rather too neutral, though Foucault is aware of the aggression involved in any one-sided observation. ‘Supervise* is perhaps closest of all, but again the word has different associations. Jeremy Bentham used the term ‘inspect* - which Foucault translates as ‘surveiller - but the range of connotations does not correspond. Our noun ‘surveillance’ has an altogether too restricted and technical use. More seriously the verb ‘surveiller has no adequate English equivalent. To begin with, Foucault uses the infinitive, which, as here, may have the effect of an ‘impersonal imperative*. Translator’s Note Any closer translation of the French title of this book, Surveiller et punir, has proved unsatisfactory on various counts. 10 Uortkopidie ou Vart de privenir et de corriger dans les enfants Us difformids du corps (Orthopaedics or the art of preventing and correct ing deformities of the body in children) by N.

9 Steam machine for the ‘celeriferous’ correction of young boys and girls. 8 Lecture on the evils of alcoholism in the auditorium of Fresnes prison. 5 The Maison centrale at Rennes in 1877, 6 Interior of the penitentiary at Stateville, United States, twentieth century. N E W Y O R K List of Plates (between pages 169 and 170) 1 Medal commemorating Louis XIV’s first military revue in i6<58. Foucault: Discipline and Punish, The Birth of the Prison and more Philosophy Study Guides, Projects, Research in PDF only on Docsity!Michel Foucault D I S C IP L IN E AND PUNISH The Birth o f the Prison Translated from the French by A lan Sheridan V I N T A G E B O O K S A D I V I S I O N O F R A N D O M H O U S E, I N C.

Discipline and punish the birth of the prison 1975