Discipline and Punish vs The Capitalist: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Discipline and Punish Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault · 1975 ★★★★☆ 4.1 333 pages · ≈ 6 h 10 m · Challenging
“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"

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Cover of The Capitalist The Capitalist Peter Steiner · 2016 ★★★★☆ 3.5 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate

Peter Steiner has thoroughly impressed sophisticated thriller mavens everywhere with his critically acclaimed novels featuring ex-CIA operative Louis Morgon. St. John Larrimer was a well known Wall Street investment…

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Discipline and PunishThe Capitalist
Goodreads — 3.4 (116)
Hardcover 4.2 (62) —
Apple Books 4.0 (24) —

Reception

Discipline and PunishThe Capitalist
Ratings 62 116
Editions 30 2
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 59
Reading it now — 38
Written reviews — 20
Wikipedia attention 6210 —
Pages 333 304

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