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On crimes and punishments, and other writings / Beccaria ; edited by Richard Bellamy ; and translated by Richard Davies with Virginia Cox and Richard Bellamy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thoughtPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: xlix, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521479827 (pbk.)
  • 9780521479820 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. English. 1995
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.6 20
LOC classification:
  • HV8661 .B15
Online resources:
Contents:
On crimes and punishments --- To Jean Baptiste D'Alembert --- To Andre Morellet --- Inaugural lecture --- Reflections on the barbarousness and the civilisation of nations and on the savage state of man --- Reflections on manners and customs --- Of luxury.
Summary: This edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings presents a radically new interpretation of his thought. Drawing on recent Italian scholarship, Richard Bellamy shows how Beccaria wove together the various political languages of the Enlightenment into a novel synthesis, and argues that his political philosophy, often regarded as no more than a precursor of Bentham's, combines republican, contractarian, romantic and liberal as well as utilitarian themes. The result is a complex theory of punishment that derives from a sophisticated analysis of the role of the state and the nature of human motivation in commercial society. The translation used in this edition is based on the fifth Italian edition, and provides english-speaking readers with Beccaria's own order of his text for the first time. A number of pieces from his writings on political economy and the history of civilisation which were not previously available in English are also included. -- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

On crimes and punishments --- To Jean Baptiste D'Alembert --- To Andre Morellet --- Inaugural lecture --- Reflections on the barbarousness and the civilisation of nations and on the savage state of man --- Reflections on manners and customs --- Of luxury.

This edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings presents a radically new interpretation of his thought. Drawing on recent Italian scholarship, Richard Bellamy shows how Beccaria wove together the various political languages of the Enlightenment into a novel synthesis, and argues that his political philosophy, often regarded as no more than a precursor of Bentham's, combines republican, contractarian, romantic and liberal as well as utilitarian themes. The result is a complex theory of punishment that derives from a sophisticated analysis of the role of the state and the nature of human motivation in commercial society. The translation used in this edition is based on the fifth Italian edition, and provides english-speaking readers with Beccaria's own order of his text for the first time. A number of pieces from his writings on political economy and the history of civilisation which were not previously available in English are also included. -- Back cover.

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