Work

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

1975
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Introduces the Panopticon as an architectural model of disciplinary power, surveillance and normalisation.

Power

Details

Type
Text

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
ReasonObservation
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Connections

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Michel Foucault. Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison. Gallimard, 1975.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/discipline-and-punish/. Accessed July 17, 2026.