The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 5
January 1794 to December 1797
Jeremy Bentham, edited by Alexander Taylor Milne, and series edited by J.H. Burns
Bentham’s life in the mid-1790s was dominated by the panopticon, both as a prison and as a network of workhouses for the indigent. The letters in this volume document in excruciating detail Bentham’s attempt to build a panopticon prison in London, and the opposition he faced from local aristocratic landowners. His brother Samuel was appointed as Inspector-General of Naval Works and in September 1796 married Mary Sophia Fordyce.
Praise for the Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, volumes 1-5
‘These volumes provide significant additions to our understanding of Bentham’s work in the first half of his life up to 1797. The insights they offer into Bentham’s activities, ideas and method cast light on his philosophical and political positions in a seminal period in British and European history.’
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Alexander Taylor (Jock) Milne (1906–94), scholar and historian, was Secretary and Librarian of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Professor J.H. Burns (1921–2012), historian, Reader in the History of Political Thought 1961–6 and Professor in the History of Political Thought 1966–86 in the Department of History, University College London, was in 1961 appointed as the first General Editor of the authoritative edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, a post he held until 1978.
List of Letters in Volume 5
A List of Missing Letters
Key to Symbols and Abbreviations
THE CORRESPONDENCE
January 1794–December 1797
Index
The editor’s Preface and Introduction
to Volumes 4 and 5 of The Correspondence
appear in Volume 4
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Format: Open Access PDF
ISBN: 9781911576211
Publication: June 07, 2017
Series: Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham 5
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