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Illuminismo e giustizia penale. Il caso della ghigliottina

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A mechanical daughter of the enlightenment, the guillotine remains a frightening symbol of its dialectic. Being one of the most troubling inventions of utilitarian rationalism in modern europe, it meets the expectations of equality, secularism, and humanity of the legal culture of Philosophes. Focusing on the texts and contexts of the institution of this lethal machine in the administration of justice, this article examines the anthropological sense and the political dimension of the recourse to the machine. Is the mechanization of capital punishment a step forward in the humanization of social relations or the entry in the era of technical inhumanity? In this ambiguity, is it not our use of technology that appears in court?

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halshs-00786752, version 1 (10-02-2013)

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Luigi Delia. Illuminismo e giustizia penale. Il caso della ghigliottina. Studi Filosofici, 2011, XXXIV, pp.179-192. ⟨halshs-00786752⟩
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