Against Method vs Discipline and Punish: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Philosophy
Against Method
Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge is a 1975 book about the philosophy of science by Paul Feyerabend, in which the author argues that science is an anarchic enterprise, not a nomic (customary)…
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Discipline and Punish
“On 2 March 1757 Damiens the regicide condemmed 'to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris', where he was to be 'taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds'; then, 'in the said cart, to the place de Greve, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms,”
English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison"
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Against Method has the widest readership — 3605 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Against Method | Discipline and Punish | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (3605) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (10) | 4.2 (62) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (24) |
Reception
| Against Method | Discipline and Punish | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3605 | 62 |
| Editions | 29 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 11940 | — |
| Reading it now | 385 | — |
| Written reviews | 253 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1883 | 6210 |
| Pages | 349 | 333 |