The Cult of Insincerity

Prison is “an absurd system in a modern democracy”. Criminals do not knowingly do wrong. They simply lack information about how to behave properly. If we give them that information, they will no longer commit crimes. What we really need are not prisons but “places of social reintegration” where criminals and all other “socially disintegrated people” can get the care they need.

So says a French intellectual, whose views Dalrymple disassembles, analyzes and neatly discards in a new essay for The New English Review.

15 thoughts on “The Cult of Insincerity

  1. Jason Bontrager

    I’m curious as to what Dr. Dalrymple means when he says “Here, in his contempt of those who build in concrete, I agree with him.” If he’s disparaging the Brutalist Modern style of architecture then I can’t disagree with him. However, concrete is an extremely useful and versatile construction material, and quite beautiful buildings can be, and have been, created using it.

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  2. Rachel

    Just to say I have seen TD’s book “Second Opinion” published by Monday Books on Amazon. It says that it is in stock only in 12-14 days so I don’t know if it has been properly released or not. I couldn’t resist and ordered it. There seems to be a few further scheduled books of his for later in 2010.

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  3. Steve

    He’s criticized the Brutalist style before, but I’m not sure if he would criticize all concrete construction. Can you provide some examples of beautiful concrete architecture? I am curious.

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  4. Jason Bontrager

    A Google Image search for “concrete architecture” will turn up plenty of examples. I don’t know of any particular samples off the top of my head though.

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  5. Steve

    Thanks, Rachel. I am so excited about that book. Those little essays are brilliant and very entertaining. I will try to get some more information from Dan Collins. We’ll post it soon.

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