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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300045103321

Autore

Georgoulas Stratos

Titolo

The Origins of Radical Criminology : From Homer to Pre-Socratic Philosophy / / by Stratos Georgoulas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-94752-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 182 p.)

Disciplina

364

Soggetti

Critical criminology

Political science

Europe—History—To 476

World politics

Social sciences—Philosophy

Classical literature

Critical Criminology

Philosophy of Law

History of Ancient Europe

Political History

Social Theory

Classical and Antique Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The historical context: From Renaissance to radical change -- Chapter 3. Homer -- Chapter 4 -- Hesiod -- Chapter 5. Lyric Poetry -- Chapter 6. Greek Drama- Aeschylus -- Chapter 7. Pre-Socratic Philosophy -- Chapter 8. Concluding note.

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically explores the development of radical criminology through a range of written Ancient Greek works including epic and lyrical poetry, drama and philosophy, across different chapters. It traces the development of political power and the concepts of law, legitimacy, crime, justice and deviance in the Ancient Greek world and



the political struggles that propelled that development, using the conflict perspective as a conceptual tool of the sociological analysis of reality. Theoretical discussions of crime and justice typically stem from the better known works of Plato or Aristotle although this book explores the works preceding these. This book will appeal to those interested in the (pre)history of criminology and the historical production of criminological knowledge.