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Death Penalty Abolitionism From the Enlightenment to Modernity
The modern movement to abolish the death penalty in the United States stresses that this punishment cannot be applied fairly and effectively. The movement does not emphasize that killing prisoners is inhumane per se.
Mugambi Jouet
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US Political Economy and the Clash over Emancipation on the Eve of the Civil War
The essay reconstructs the conflict over emancipation that unfolded in the United States in the decades before the Civil War, focusing on the discourse of Northern political economy and particularly on the writings of Henry Charles Carey (1793-1879). The
Matteo Rossi
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The article focuses primarily on the writer’s views and attitudes about judgment and punishment. The philosopher Tolstoy, profoundly influenced by Rousseau since his youth, rejects industrial capitalism and its achievements, criticizes the profligate ...
Jan Kosek
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Abolicjonizm – obrona wartości humanistycznych
Rozważania przedstawione w artykule dotyczą istoty, przesłanek i założeń ruchu abolicjonistycznego będącego formą obrony wartości humanitarnych. Tekst rozpoczyna wyjaśnienie przez autorkę szerokiej definicji terminu „abolicjonizm”, pod którym kryją się ...
Wantuła Halina
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Sister Ruth’s Stories, or, Evenings with John Woolman (1865) and Juvenile Literature of Domestic Abolitionism [PDF]
Juvenile literature of “domestic abolitionism” seems to be one of the most interesting, yet under-researched branches of American abolitionist literature.
Daria V. Abdurakhmanova-Pavlova
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Herrenmoral : Anna Pappritz and abolitionism in Germany [PDF]
This article focuses on the situation of abolitionism in Germany under the leadership of Anna Pappritz. The history of abolitionism in Germany is not yet written but it is possible to indicate some rough outlines.
Wolff, Kerstin
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Lessons from the prison abolitionist movement in Aotearoa/New Zealand [PDF]
People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is a prison abolitionist organisation based in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This chapter looks at the history of PAPA and key lessons it learned in its first five years.
Ti Lamusse, Lamusse, T
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion: A Chronicle of Major Events
Nat Turner’s Rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831 is one of the most iconic and at the same time well-studied and documented events in American history.
Andrey A. Shumakov
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Beyond the Atlantic paradigm:slavery and abolitionism in the Nigerien Sahel [PDF]
This article investigates the causes of the resilience of slavery in the region of Tahoua in the Republic of Niger in the West African Sahel. It attributes slavery’s lingering vitality to the semi-autonomous evolution of slavery and abolitionism in this ...
Rossi, Benedetta
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Conquêtes et altérités : de la Méditerranée antique à la modernité atlantique
This article focuses on the relations of cultural dominance, with the weight of the denial of identity throughout the human history. It traces how the hegemony functions, initially for the benefit of Greek colonists, then for the Roman empire in the ...
Lobna Mestaoui
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