The Origins of Radical Criminology

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 concepts of law, legitimacy, crime, justice and deviance in the Ancient Greek world and the political struggles that propelled that development, using the conflict perspective as a conceptual tool of the sociological analysis of reality. Theoretical discussions of crime and justice typically stem from the better known works of Plato or Aristotle although this book explores the works preceding these. This book will appeal to those interested in the (pre)history of criminology and the historical production of criminological knowledge.

Stratos Georgoulas is Professor at the University of the Aegean. He is recognized in the scientific field of Critical Criminology, winning international awards from universities for his teaching in the USA, Canada, Syria, Jordan and Slovakia. He is Director of the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, North Aegean Department. He has published widely in the area of Critical Criminology.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The historical context: From Renaissance to radical change.- Chapter 3. Homer.- Chapter 4.- Hesiod.- Chapter 5. Lyric Poetry.- Chapter 6. Greek Drama- Aeschylus.- Chapter 7. Pre-Socratic Philosophy.- Chapter 8. Concluding note.