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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784353003321

Titolo

Crime and punishment [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives from the humanities / / edited by Austin Sarat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier JAI, c2005

ISBN

1-280-63183-X

9786610631834

0-08-046156-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Studies in law, politics, and society, , 1059-4337 ; ; v. 37

Altri autori (Persone)

SaratAustin

Disciplina

303.36

340.1

Soggetti

Punishment - Philosophy

Criminal law - Philosophy

Criminals - Public opinion

Imprisonment - Social aspects

Imprisonment - Moral and ethical aspects

Criminals - Rehabilitation

Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

Social Science - Sociology - General

Law - Criminal Law - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Crime and Punishment: Perspectives from the Humanities; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Board; Regulating Desire and Imagination: The Art and Times of David Wojnarowicz; The end of Magic: Superstition and ''So-Called Sorcery'' in Louis XIV'S Paris; ''The Law again. The Precious Law:'' Black Women Radicals and the Fight to end Legal Lynching, 1949-1955; The Paradox of Punishment; '''Torn' Between Justice and Forgiveness: Derrida on the Death Penalty and 'Lawful Lawlessness'''; Cruelty, Competency, and Contemporary Abolitionism

Beyond Control and Responsibility: The Beauty of MercyAssimilation, Exclusion, and the End of Punishment; Worst of the Worst*; Revisiting



the Democratic Promise of Prisoners' Labor Unions; Nobody here is Innocent: Cultural Values, Pedagogical Ethics, and the Prison Classroom; Prison, College, and the Paradox of Punishment

Sommario/riassunto

Volume 37 of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a special issue devoted to exploring humanistic perspectives on the subject of punishment. Drawing together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars, it explores the way "deviant" subjects are constructed and made available for punishment, the philosophical context within which decisions about punishment are made, and the inner workings of the penal apparatus. Diverse in their theoretical inspirations and approaches, the articles published here represent a significant advance in our understanding of the complex intersections of punishment, politics, and culture.