Beccaria: 'On Crimes and Punishments' and Other Writings

Cesare Beccaria author Richard Davies translator Richard Bellamy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Apr '95

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An edition of Beccaria's writings which reinterprets his political philosophy.

In this edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings, Richard Bellamy shows how Beccaria wove together the various political languages of the Enlightenment into a political philosophy that combines republican, contractarian, romantic and liberal as well as utilitarian themes.This edition of Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments and other writings presents an interpretation of his thought. Drawing on 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.

ISBN: 9780521479820

Dimensions: 213mm x 137mm x 15mm

Weight: 318g

236 pages