Selected Writings Contributor(s): Bentham, Jeremy (Author), Engelmann, Stephen G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300112378 ISBN-13: 9780300112375 Publisher: Yale University Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: January 2011 Click for more in this series: Rethinking the Western Tradition |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
Dewey: 192 |
LCCN: 2010017111 |
Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition |
Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6.64" W x 8.31" L (1.13 lbs) 562 pages |
Features: Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: 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 |
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