Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Abolafia, Jacob, The Prison before the Panopticon: Incarceration in Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy. 240 pp. 2024:7 (Harvard U. Pr., US) <713-597>
ISBN 978-0-674-29063-1 hard ¥8,613.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

A pioneering history of incarceration in Western political thought. The prison as we know it is a relatively new institution, established on a large scale in Europe and the United States only during the Enlightenment. Ideas and arguments about penal incarceration, however, long predate its widespread acceptance as a practice. The Prison before the Panopticon argues that debates over imprisonment are as old as Western political philosophy itself. This groundbreaking study examines the role of the prison in the history of political thought, detailing the philosophy of incarceration as it developed from Demosthenes, Plato, and Philo to Thomas More, Thomas Hobbes, and Jeremy Bentham. Jacob Abolafia emphasizes two major themes that reappear in philosophical writing about the prison. The first is the paradox of popular authorization. This is the problem of how to justify imprisonment in light of political and theoretical commitments to freedom and equality. The second theme is the promise of rehabilitation. Plato and his followers insist that imprisonment should reform the prisoner and have tried to explain in detail how incarceration could have that effect. While drawing on current historical scholarship to carefully situate each thinker in the culture and penal practices of his own time and place, Abolafia also reveals the surprisingly deep and persistent influence of classical antiquity on modern theories of crime and punishment. The Prison before the Panopticon is a valuable resource not only about the legitimacy of the prison in an age of mass incarceration but also about the philosophical justifications for penal alternatives like restorative justice.

ドイツにおけるスピノザ－長い19世紀における政治・宗教思想
Yonover, Jason Maurice / Gjesdal, Kristin, Spinoza in Germany: Political and Religious Thought Across the Long Nineteenth Century. 336 pp. 2024:5 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <713-67>
ISBN 978-0-19-286288-4 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

Spinoza in Germany presents fifteen newly commissioned essays by a distinguished set of international experts examining the legacy and influence of Spinoza on German thought in the long nineteenth century. The focus on Spinoza's influence illuminates both the nature of his philosophical contribution, as well as novel aspects of the philosophical lineage from idealism to Marxism, psychoanalysis, and beyond. The chapters are at the cutting edge of research on modern German thought, not only concerning canonical figures like Herder, Kant, and Marx, but also thinkers whose importance has since been neglected such as Salomon Maimon and Lou Salome.

Gremont, Herve, Genealogie philosophique et politique de la democratie: des origines a nos jours. Vol. 2. La deuxieme naissance de la democratie en Europe. (Pour comprendre) 203 p. 2023:9 (L'Harmattan, FR) <713-50>
ISBN 978-2-14-034966-9 paper ¥5,414.- (税込) EUR 23.00

Gremont, Herve, Genealogie philosophique et politique de la democratie: des origines a nos jours. Vol. 3. La democratie a la veille des revolutions americaine et francaise. (Pour comprendre) 204 p. 2023:9 (L'Harmattan, FR) <713-51>
ISBN 978-2-14-035014-6 paper ¥5,414.- (税込) EUR 23.00

Gremont, Herve, Genealogie philosophique et politique de la democratie: des origines a nos jours. Vol. 1. La naissance de la democratie en Grece ancienne. (Pour comprendre) 249 p. 2023:9 (L'Harmattan, FR) <713-35>
ISBN 978-2-14-034898-3 paper ¥6,355.- (税込) EUR 27.00

H.アーレントとS.ヴェイユ－前例無き対話
Lawson, Kathryn / Livingstone, Joshua (eds.), Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil: Unprecedented Conversations. 288 pp. 2024:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <713-107>
ISBN 978-1-350-34446-4 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil were two of the most compelling political thinkers of the 20th century who, despite having similar life-experiences, developed radically distinct political philosophies. This unique dialogue between the writings of Arendt and Weil highlights Arendt's secular humanism, her emphasis on heroic action, and her rejection of the moral approach to politics, contrasted starkly with Weil's religious approach, her faith in the power of divine Goodness, and her other-centric ethic of suffering and affliction. The writings here respect the profound differences between Arendt and Weil whilst pulling out the shared preoccupations of power, violence, freedom, resistance, responsibility, attention, aesthetics, and vulnerability. Without shying away from exploring the more difficult concepts in these philosophers' works, Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil also aims to pull out the relevance of their writings for contemporary issues.