Resist Not Evil. Second edition.
Attractive Copy of the Scarce 1904 Hammersmark Second Edition of Resist Not Evil Darrow, Clarence [1854-1938]. Resist Not Evil. Chicago: Hammersmark Publishing, 1904. Second edition. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 19.7 x 14cm). 179 pp. Original green textured cloth, white-stamped title and ornaments to front board, white-stamped title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Contemporary previous owner's pencil inscription "Bess McKaig-/ St. Patrick's Day/ 1907/ L.O.W." to front free endpaper. Interior clean and bright. A near fine, highly attractive copy of Darrow's early pacifist treatise. $150. * This collection of 16 essays was first published in 1902. Strongly influenced by Tolstoy, it contains Darrow's views on pacifism, crime, punishment and the rehabilitation of criminals. He argues that the state's penal system is an instrument of institutionalized class violence that breeds more crime than it cures. He dismantles the concepts of legal deterrence and proportional punishment, arguing instead that crime is a social disease born of poverty and environmental rot. Historically vital as a doctrine of early 20th-century Midwestern radicalism, this text stands as the intellectual blueprint for Darrow's lifelong, pioneering crusade against the death penalty in America. This edition not in Hunsberger.
Price: $150.00
Book number 87300