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Cyprian Blamires - The French Revolution and the Creation of Benthamism - 9780230554221 - V9780230554221
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The French Revolution and the Creation of Benthamism

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Description for The French Revolution and the Creation of Benthamism Hardback. The first study of how Genevan Etienne Dumont, and his traumatic experience of the French Revolution, shaped the reception and presentation of 'Benthamism' and masked the true face of Jeremy Bentham, one of the architects of modern society who visualised a new world based on the values of transparency, accountability, and economy. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
The first study of how Genevan Etienne Dumont, and his traumatic experience of the French Revolution, shaped the reception and presentation of 'Benthamism' and masked the true face of Jeremy Bentham, one of the architects of modern society who visualised a new world based on the values of transparency, accountability, and economy.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230554221
SKU
V9780230554221
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About Cyprian Blamires
CYPRIAN BLAMIRES  has degrees in three disciplines from the University of Oxford (including a doctorate completed under the supervision of Isaiah Berlin) and has co-edited two volumes in the Oxford edition of the Works of Jeremy Bentham, as well as publishing translations in several European languages.

Reviews for The French Revolution and the Creation of Benthamism
'A major contribution to our understanding of the historical origins of 'Benthamism' ... presents a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom that the Panopticon was an enormous failure, emphasizing the centrality of Bentham's efforts to give concrete form to the principles of his utilitarianism in the Panopticon, and locates in this one of the important sources of modernity.' - James ... Read more

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