The Prison Before Panopticon: Incarceration In Ancient And Modern Political Philosophy Jacob Abolafia Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social

A Pioneering History Of Incarceration In Western Political Thought The Prison As We Know It Is Relatively New Institution Established On Large Scale Europe And United States Only During Enlightenment Ideas Arguments About Penal However Long Predate Its Widespread Acceptance Practice Before Panopticon Argues That Debates Over Imprisonment Are Old Philosophy Itself This Groundbreaking Study Examines Role Detailing Developed From Demosthenes Plato Philo To Thomas More Hobbes Jeremy Bentham Jacob Abolafia Emphasizes Two Major Themes Reappear Philosophical Writing First Paradox Popular Authorization Problem How Justify Light Theoretical Commitments Freedom Equality Second Theme Promise Rehabilitation His Followers Insist Should Reform Prisoner Have Tried Explain Detail Could Effect While Drawing Current Historical Scholarship Carefully Situate Each Thinker Culture Practices Own Time Place Also Reveals Surprisingly Deep Persistent Influence Classical Antiquity Modern Theories Crime Punishment Valuable Resource Not Legitimacy An Age Mass But Justifications For Alternatives Like Restorative Justice Σελίδες: 256 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1124 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm