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Envisioning Abolition
by: David Gordon Scott (Editor), Emma Bell (Editor), Ruby Tuke (Contributor), Ophélie Siméon (Contributor), Andrei Zorin (Contributor), Peter Cox (Contributor), Jonathan Baldwin (Contributor), Owen Holland (Contributor), Federico Testa (Contributor), Robert Weide (Contributor), Alejandro Forero Cuellar (Contributor), Davide Turcato (Contributor), Marco Manfredi (Contributor), Lisa Phillips (Contributor), Andrew Kersten (Contributor), Penny A. Weiss (Contributor), Søren Hough (Contributor), Paul Taylor (Contributor)
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 2025-04-15
Language: English
Print Length: 360 pages
ISBN-10: 1529234778
ISBN-13: 9781529234770
Book Description
Abolitionist thought visualizes a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, writing from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It considers how these radical thinkers can provide insights into our present condition, both by highlighting the harms of punishment and by pointing to inspiring alternatives to current policy and practice. By examining their calls for the ending of legal coercion, domination and repression, the book shows how the ideas of early socialists and anarchists can assist those engaging in emancipatory struggles against penal and social injustice today.
Editorial Reviews
Abolitionist thought visualizes a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, writing from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It considers how these radical thinkers can provide insights into our present condition, both by highlighting the harms of punishment and by pointing to inspiring alternatives to current policy and practice. By examining their calls for the ending of legal coercion, domination and repression, the book shows how the ideas of early socialists and anarchists can assist those engaging in emancipatory struggles against penal and social injustice today.
