The Origins of Radical Criminology, Volume II: From Classical Greece to Early Christianity

This book critically explores the development of radical criminological thought through the social, political and cultural history of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. It follows on from the previous volume which examined Classical Greece until the emergence of the early Christian movement in the Roman empire. Through separate chapters, it discusses the key literature (myths, fairy tales and Shakespeare), religions and philosophers of the era, and the development of early radical views and issues over time. This book examines the links between the origins of radical criminology and its future. It speaks to those interested in the (pre)history of criminology and the historical production of criminological knowledge, drawing on Criminology, Sociology, Classics, History, Philosophy, Ancient Literature and Politics

1. Introduction -- 2. For a social history of the common medieval European area -- 3. Medieval philosophy -- 4. Byzantine Thought.-5. From Humanism to the dawn of new age -- 6. Utopias -- 7. Myths and fairy tales -- 8. Literature -- 9. A Dialogue with Historical Criminology.

Intro -- Foreword -- Stratos writes -- The Past and the Present -- My Life, My Times -- "Another World Is Possible" 1968 -- Utopian Futures -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Reference -- 2 The Classical Era -- 1 Society: A Brief Introduction -- 2 Law and Justice -- 3 Athenian Drama -- 3.1 Sophocles -- 3.2 Euripides -- 4 Historiography and Rhetoric -- 4.1 Herodotus -- 4.2 Thucydides -- 4.3 Antiphon the Sophist -- 4.4 The Anonymous Iamblichi -- 4.5 Xenophon -- 5 Philosophy -- 5.1 Plato -- 5.2 Aristotle -- References -- 3 Hellenistic World -- 1 Society: A Brief Introduction -- 1.1 Religion -- 1.2 Political Reality -- 1.3 Economy -- 2 Law and Justice -- 3 Social Revolutions -- 3.1 Sparta -- 3.2 Macedonia -- 3.3 Pergamum -- 4 Literature -- 4.1 An Overview -- 4.2 Art -- 4.3 Science -- 4.4 Prose Poetry -- 4.5 Moschion -- 4.6 Callimachus -- 4.7 Polybius -- 4.8 Menander -- 4.8.1 Epitrepontes (The Arbitration or the Litigants) -- 4.8.2 Dyskolos (Difficult or Grouch) -- 5 The Role of Utopia -- 5.1 The Utopian State of Iambulus -- 5.2 Social Background of Utopian Literature -- 6 Philosophy -- 6.1 The Cynics -- 6.2 Epicureans -- 6.3 Stoicism -- 6.4 Skepticism -- References -- 4 The Greco-Roman World -- 1 Society: A Brief Introduction -- 1.1 Intellectual Production -- 1.2 Philosophical Quests -- 2 Literature -- 2.1 Aesop's Fables -- 2.1.1 The Eagle and the Beetle (no. 4, p. 60) -- 2.1.2 The Fisherman of Flutes (no. 24, p. 78) -- 2.1.3 The Fisherman and the Big and Small Fish (no. 25, p. 78) -- 2.1.4 The Man Who Broke a Statue (no. 61, p. 110) -- 2.1.5 The Plowman and the Wolf (no. 64, p. 112) -- 2.1.6 The Frogs Ask for a King (no. 66, p. 114) -- 2.1.7 Hercules and Plutus (Wealth) (no. 130, pp. 166-8) -- 2.1.8 The Horse and the Horse-Rider (no. 140, p. 176) -- 2.1.9 Lion Reign (no. 195, pp. 218-20) -- 2.1.10 The Wolf and the Donkey (no. 228, pp. 250-2).