Bentham's prison: a study of the panopticon penitentiary
Auteur :
Semple, Janet
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198273875
Date de publication :
8 juil. 1993
Dimensions :
22,5 x 14,3 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
530 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Tells the story of Jeremy Bentham's dealings with the politicians as he tried to get his model prison (panopticon) built, assesses the panopticon in the context of penal philosophy and of 18th-century punishment, and discusses it as an instrument of the modern technology of subjection.