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Envisioning Abolition: Socialism, Anarchism and Penal Abolitionism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth centuries

Name: Envisioning Abolition: Socialism, Anarchism and Penal Abolitionism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth centuries
ISBN: 9781529234794

Publisher
- Bristol University Press

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Language: English
Format
Category: True Crime

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.

Release date

Ebook: 19 March 2025