The Origins of Radical Criminology From Homer to Pre-Socratic Philos
This book critically explores the development of radical criminology through a range of written Ancient Greek works including epic and lyrical poetry, drama and philosophy, across different chapters. It traces the development of political power and the co
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The Origins of Radical Criminology
Stratos Georgoulas
The Origins of Radical Criminology From Homer to Pre-Socratic Philosophy
Stratos Georgoulas Sociology University of the Aegean Mytilene, Greece
ISBN 978-3-319-94751-8 ISBN 978-3-319-94752-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94752-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018951897 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
People tell stories and stories tell us something about who people are. The thing is that human lives are not as predictable as the movement of planets: contingency, choice, deviant desires and idiosyncratic actions are common in our social interactions. Stratos Georgoulas looks at stories from ancient Greece as recounted by Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Aeschylus, Heraclitus and others to make critical criminological arguments and, in doing so, proves that academic disciplines had better give up their arrogant claim to independence and start learning from one another. As Bakhtin famously argued, individuals cannot be completely incarcerated into existing socio-historical categories. No category can once and forever describe all human possibilities and needs, no definitive form can encapsulate desire: “there always remains an unrealized surplus of humanness”. Literature, through imagination and at times paradox, proves that existing clothes are always too tight, and in doing so it illuminates many possible realities. If it is true that li
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