书籍介绍
这不是一本关于监狱如何变文明的书,而是一把解剖刀的说明书。福柯从公开处决的血腥场景,追踪到现代学校、工厂、军营、医院如何悄然共享同一种运作逻辑:它们不再靠暴力震慑身体,而是通过时间切割、空间分配、持续监视,把人改造成温顺而有用的「驯服的身体」。全书最锋利处,是他拒绝把权力理解为「谁拥有它」,而坚持权力是一种弥散的、被不断行使的关系——你越是接受规训,越显得自由、正常、理性。读者反复提及的Panopticon(全景敞视)正是关键:当我们意识到自己可能被注视时,便自动完成了对自我的管制。这本书适合那些不愿再被「为你好」之名轻易说服的人,它不提供答案,而是逼你重新审视身边每一座看似中性的建筑、每一套看似仁慈的制度。
作者简介
Michel Foucault was one of the most influential thinkers in the contemporary world. Social scientist and historian of ideas, Foucault was Professor of History of Systems of Thought at the College de France. He wrote frequently for French newspapers and reviews, and edited Critique. Among his many publications are Madness and Civilization (1961), The Archaeology of Knowledge (1972), The Birth of the Clinic (1973), Discipline and Punish (1975), and three volumes of the History of Sexuality: Volume One, the Will to Knowledge (1976); Volume Two, The Use of Pleasure (1984); and Volume Three: The Care for the Self (1984). Professor Foucault died in 1984.