The Panopticon Writings (Radical Thinkers)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (658 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844676668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great Vollmer2010 Arrived in good condition, needed it for a class at school and it was nice and the price was right. Thank you!!!
His work on the Panopticon began in 1785. His concern with legal reform and codification continued throughout his life, and he was a campaigner for universal suffrage, the secret ballot and the abolition of capital and corporal punishment. . Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) was the founder of the doctrine of utilitarianism, outlined in “An Introduction to the Princi
This edition contains the complete “Panopticon Letters”, together with selections from “Panopticon Postscript I” and “Fragment on Ontology”, Bentham’s fullest account of fictions. The Panopticon is a machine which on assembly is already inhabited by a ghost. There is probably no building that has stirred more philosophical controversy than Bentham’s Panopticon. It is through the Panopticon and the closely related theory of fictions that Bentham has made his greatest impact on modern thought; above all, on the theory of power. The Panopticon project for a model prison obsessed the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham for almost 20 years. The Panopticon writings are frequent
About the AuthorJeremy Bentham (1748–1832) was the founder of the doctrine of utilitarianism, outlined in “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation” (1789). His concern with legal reform and codification continued throughout his life, and he was a campaigner for universal suffrage, the secret ballot and the abolition of capital and corporal punishment. His work on the Panopticon began in 1785.