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A General Police System: Political Economy and Security in the Age of Enlightenment

A General Police System: Political Economy and Security in the Age of Enlightenment

Rigakos, George S.
McMullan, John L.
Johnson, Joshua

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CriminologyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0981280714
ISBN13: 9780981280714
Publisher: Red Quill Books
Published: Dec 1 2009
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
While contemporary inquiries into the theoretical linkages between political economy and security are rare, the exploration of these connections was the cornerstone of political, social and economic philosophy during the upheavals of Enlightenment Europe. A General Police System, a term borrowed from the late 18th century thinker Patrick Colquhoun, examines the overlapping genealogies of commerce, security, surveillance, and the problem of poverty in the works of foundational English and Continental intellectuals of the 17th to early 19th centuries. This book reviews and revives the epic project of police and critically examines the drive to classify, regulate and control populations, providing a renewed materialist contribution toward a critique of security.

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