Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Overview"With an introduction by George Woodcock. Nearly a century has passed since Kropotkin wrote In Russian and French Prisons, yet his criticisms of the penal system have lost none of their relevance. Prisons- far from reforming the offender, or deterring crime- are, in themselves, ""schools of crime"". Every year, thousands of prisoners are returned to society without hope, without a trade, or without nay means of subsistence, and statistics show that once a man has been in prison he is likely to return. Moreover, the new offense is likely to be more serious than the first. Although Kropotkin makes extensive use of the memoirs of former prisoners and the works of contemporary penologists, it is his own experience in prison--he spent five years behind bars, two in Russia, three in France--that gives this book its power. He shows from first hand knowledge the immense human suffering caused by prison life: how it destroys the mind and body, how it degrades and humiliates, how it perverts the prisoner's character and robs him of his dignity, how it reduces him to the condition of a caged animal, how his whole life is subjected to a deadly mechanical routine, how everything is done to break his spirit and kill his inner strength. In Russian and French Prisons is the 6th volume of The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin. Table of Contents Introduction to the 1991 edition by George Woodcock Author's preface to the Russian edition (1906) Introduction I. My first acquaintance with Russian prisons II. Russian prisons III. The fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul IV. Outcast Russia V. The exile in Siberia VI. The exile of Sakhalin VII. A foreigner in Russian prisons VIII. In French prisons IX. On the moral influence of prisons on prisoners X. Are prisons necessary? Appendix A- Trial of the Soldiers accused of having carried Letters from Alexis Ravelin Appendix B- On the part played by the Exiles in the Colonization of Siberia Appendix C- Extract from a Report on ""Administrative Exile,"" read by M. Shakeeff at the Sitting of the St. Petersburg Nobility on February 17, 1881 Appendix D- On Reformatories for Boys in France 1991: 387 pages, index" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter KropotkinPublisher: Black Rose Books Imprint: Black Rose Books Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.676kg ISBN: 9780921689997ISBN 10: 0921689993 Pages: 387 Publication Date: 15 May 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Kropotkin (1842-1921) was a renown Russian scientist and anarchist philosopher and activist who lectured across Europe and North America and published widely. His many books include Words of a Rebel and Fields, Factories and Workshops. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
