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PLATO'S THEORY OF INCARCERATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2021

Jacob Abolafia
Jacob Abolafia*
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Polonsky Academy, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute jacoba@vanleer.org.il
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In addition to its many famous innovations in popular government, the Athenian democracy seems to have also experimented with another, more ambivalent political institution familiar to modern societies—penal incarceration. In recent years, there has been renewed debate over the precise role of imprisonment in Athens, as an increasing number of voices, including Marcus Folch in this volume, make the case that imprisonment was an important point of contact between criminal punishment and democratic politics and society in Athens.

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II. Incarceration
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Ramus , Volume 50 , Special Issue 1-2: In Terms of Athens , December 2021 , pp. 68 - 86
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Copyright © Ramus 2021

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