Foucault’s Discipline and Punish at 50
- Written by Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
The Prison Courtyard – Vincent Van Gogh (1890)Wikimedia Commons2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the French publication of Michel Foucault’s dark masterpiece, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison.
A book of vast historical scope, written with lyrical intensity, it is one of the most influential philosophical works of the...





