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The Prison Before the Panopticon : Incarceration in Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abolafia, Jacob.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2024.
- Language Note:
- English; words and phrases in Greek or Latin.
- Summary:
- A groundbreaking history of philosophy and punishment, The Prison before the Panopticon traces the influence of ancient political philosophy on the modern institution of the prison, showing how prevailing theories of carceral rehabilitation and common justifications for the denial of liberty developed in classical and early modern thought.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Paradox of Incarceration in Democratic Athens
- 2. Plato's Theory of Incarceration
- 3. Incarceration in Thomas More's Utopia
- 4. "All Restraint of Motion"-Incarceration in Hobbes
- 5. Bentham's Panopticon-between Plato and the Carceral State
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Abolafia, Jacob The Prison Before the Panopticon
- ISBN:
- 9780674296541
- OCLC:
- 1436832737
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