| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910958557303321 |
|
|
Autore |
Bentham Jeremy <1748-1832.> |
|
|
Titolo |
Selected writings / / Jeremy Bentham ; edited and with an introduction by Stephen G. Engelmann ; with essays by Philip Schofield ... [et al.] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (561 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Rethinking the Western tradition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
EngelmannStephen G. <1961-> |
SchofieldPhilip <1958-> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Philosophy |
Political science - Philosophy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Texts. I. Pleasure and liberty. Sex / ed. Philip Schofield ; II. Fundamentals of jurisprudence. An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation, preface and chapters 1-5 ; Place and time / ed. Philip Schofield and Stephen G. Engelmann ; Rational of judicial evidence, specially applied to English practice, book 1, chapter 1 ; Constitutional code rationale, chapters 1 and 2 ; Pannomial fragments ; III. Politics, policy and political economy. Panopticon, or the inspection-house, letters 1, 2, and 6 ; Of publicity ; Manual of political economy, chapters 1 and 2 ; Nonsense upon stilts (excluding the observations on Sieyès ) ; On retrenchment -- Essays. Jeremy Bentham, the principle of utility, and legal positivism / Philip Schofield -- Bentham on codification / David Lieberman -- "Great and distant crimes": empire in Bentham's thought / Jennifer Pitts ; Bentham, utility, and romantic imagination / Mark Canuel. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), philosopher and reformer, is one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age. This introduction to his writings presents a representative selection of texts authoritatively restored by the Bentham Project, University College London. As well as more familiar pieces on utility, law, and politics/policy, highlights include the succinct essay "On Retrenchment" and a never-before-published treatise on sex. The volume is completed by major |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
interpretative essays by Mark Canuel, David Lieberman, Jennifer Pitts, and Philip Schofield. The texts included in the book are: -Sex -An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Preface and Chapters 1-5 -Place and Time -Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice, Book 1, Chapter 1 -Constitutional Code Rationale, Chapters 1 and 2 -Pannomial Fragments -Panopticon, or, the Inspection-House, Letters 1, 2, and 6 -Of Publicity -Manual of Political Economy, Chapters 1 and 2 -Nonsense Upon Stilts (excluding the Observations on Sieyes) -On Retrenchment #160; |
|
|
|
|
|
| |