Against health [[electronic resource] ] : how health became the new morality / / edited by Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MetzlJonathan <1964->
KirklandAnna Rutherford |
Collana | Biopolitics, medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Health - Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics Health services accessibility Social medicine |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Against
argues assumption bodily concept good health ideological invisible monolithic norm often practices rendered that universal whose work |
ISBN |
0-8147-5963-7
0-8147-6110-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Why "Against Health"?; PART I: What Is Health, Anyway?; 2 What Is Health and How Do You Get It?; 3 Risky Bigness: On Obesity, Eating, and the Ambiguity of "Health"; 4 Against Global Health? Arbitrating Science, Non-Science, and Nonsense through Health; PART II: Seeing Health through Morality; 5 The Social Immorality of Health in the Gene Age: Race, Disability, and Inequality; 6 Fat Panic and the New Morality; 7 Against Breastfeeding (Sometimes); PART III: Making Health and Disease; 8 Pharmaceutical Propaganda
9 The Strangely Passive-Aggressive History of Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder10 Obsession: Against Mental Health; 11 Atomic Health, or How The Bomb Altered American Notions of Death; PART IV: Pleasure and Pain after Health; 12 How Much Sex Is Healthy? The Pleasures of Asexuality; 13 Be Prepared; 14 In the Name of Pain; 15 Conclusion: What Next?; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458733303321 |
New York, : New York University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Against health [[electronic resource] ] : how health became the new morality / / edited by Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MetzlJonathan <1964->
KirklandAnna Rutherford |
Collana | Biopolitics, medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Health - Moral and ethical aspects
Medical ethics Health services accessibility Social medicine |
Soggetto non controllato |
Against
argues assumption bodily concept good health ideological invisible monolithic norm often practices rendered that universal whose work |
ISBN |
0-8147-5963-7
0-8147-6110-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Why "Against Health"?; PART I: What Is Health, Anyway?; 2 What Is Health and How Do You Get It?; 3 Risky Bigness: On Obesity, Eating, and the Ambiguity of "Health"; 4 Against Global Health? Arbitrating Science, Non-Science, and Nonsense through Health; PART II: Seeing Health through Morality; 5 The Social Immorality of Health in the Gene Age: Race, Disability, and Inequality; 6 Fat Panic and the New Morality; 7 Against Breastfeeding (Sometimes); PART III: Making Health and Disease; 8 Pharmaceutical Propaganda
9 The Strangely Passive-Aggressive History of Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder10 Obsession: Against Mental Health; 11 Atomic Health, or How The Bomb Altered American Notions of Death; PART IV: Pleasure and Pain after Health; 12 How Much Sex Is Healthy? The Pleasures of Asexuality; 13 Be Prepared; 14 In the Name of Pain; 15 Conclusion: What Next?; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791678303321 |
New York, : New York University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Blood and fire [[electronic resource] ] : Godly love in a Pentecostal emerging church / / Margaret M. Poloma and Ralph W. Hood, Jr |
Autore | Poloma Margaret M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 277.3/083 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HoodRalph W |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity - 21st century
Emerging church movement Postmodernism - Religious aspects - Christianity Pentecostalism Love - Religious aspects - Christianity Church work with the poor Church work with the homeless |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st
American Protestantism argues between century churches divine dynamic emerging essential godly heart human love--the love ongoing perceived reinvention relationship response--is that this understand vision |
ISBN |
0-8147-6848-2
0-8147-3742-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Godly love and post-modern Christianity : an introduction -- The man, the myth, and the vision -- An emerging church family and the family business -- Charisma and spiritual transformation -- Godly love as emotional energy -- The BnF family and the homeless poor -- Ideology and tradition in conflict -- Smoke, mirrors, and holy madness -- Epilogue: A social scientific assessment of Godly love. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780606303321 |
Poloma Margaret M | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The case against punishment [[electronic resource] ] : retribution, crime prevention, and the law / / Deirdre Golash |
Autore | Golash Deirdre |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.6 |
Soggetto topico | Punishment |
Soggetto non controllato |
This
argues book criminal done harm morally offenders punishing that ultimately unjustified |
ISBN |
0-8147-3329-8
1-4294-1411-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Case Against Punishment -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 An Institution in Search of Moral Grounding -- I. Introduction -- II. Harms Done by Punishment -- III. Justifying the Harm of Punishment -- 2 Does Punishment Do More Good than Harm? -- I. Introduction -- II. Crime-Preventive Effects of Punishment -- III. Consideration of Alternatives -- IV. Theoretical Objections -- V. Conclusion -- 3 Preserving the Moral Order -- I. Hegel -- II. Punishment as Vindicating Victims -- III. Punishment as Expressing Justified Anger -- 4 Retribution and Social Choice -- I. Introduction -- II. Pure Retributivism -- III. Retributive Punishment as Promoting Social Control -- IV. Restitution -- V. Conclusion -- 5 Punishment as Self-Defense -- I. Introduction -- II. What Justifies Self-Defense? -- III. Conclusion -- 6 Punishment as Communication -- I. Introduction -- II. Moral Reform Theories -- III. Paternalism -- IV. Nonpaternalistic Goals -- V. Aiming at the Good of the Offender -- VI. Restoring Relationships -- VII. Moral Reform in an Ideal Society -- VIII. Conclusion -- 7 Is Punishment Justified? -- I. Crime Prevention: Doing Good by Doing Harm -- II. Harming Offenders as Good in Itself -- III. Harming Offenders for Their Own Moral Good -- IV. Conclusion -- 8 What if Punishment Is Not Justified? -- I. Introduction -- II. Crime Prevention -- III. Responding to Unprevented Crimes -- IV. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783769703321 |
Golash Deirdre | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Downsizing prisons [[electronic resource] ] : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / / Michael Jacobson |
Autore | Jacobson Michael <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York and London, : New York University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.6/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Prisons - United States
Probation - United States Parole - United States Alternatives to imprisonment - United States Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
A
City Commissioner Correction York argues former massive overhaul prison |
ISBN |
0-8147-4324-2
0-8147-4380-3 1-4294-1424-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : bloated prisons -- Mass incarceration -- Unintended consequences -- A new reality for prison systems -- Why prison growth does not reduce crime -- Why parole and probation policies need to change -- Success stories -- Downsizing prisons. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783766203321 |
Jacobson Michael <1953-> | ||
New York and London, : New York University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Our Bodies, Our Crimes : The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America / / Jeanne Flavin |
Autore | Flavin Jeanne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.3/40973 |
Collana | Alternative Criminology |
Soggetto topico |
Women - United States - Social conditions
Women prisoners - Health and hygiene - United States Children of women prisoners - United States Women prisoners - Family relationships - United States Reproductive rights - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Flavin
Jeanne also argues become bodies control granted intrusive invisible more only pervasive states taken that womens |
ISBN |
0-8147-2855-3
0-8147-2755-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 “Race Criminals” -- 2 “Breeders” -- 3 “Back-Alley Butchers” -- 4 “Baby-Killers” -- 5 “Innocent Preborn Victims” -- 6 “Liars and Whiners” -- 7 “Bad Mothers” -- 8 “Asking for It” -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780604703321 |
Flavin Jeanne | ||
New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2008] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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White by law [[electronic resource] ] : the legal construction of race / / Ian Haney López |
Autore | Haney-López Ian |
Edizione | [Rev. and updated, 10th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 342.7308/73 |
Collana | Critical America |
Soggetto topico |
Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States
White people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Haney
Lpez argues colorblind construction current dominance guise ideology inequality legal perpetuates race racial revisits spawned that troubling under white |
ISBN |
0-8147-5341-8
0-8147-3727-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on Whiteness""; ""1 White Lines""; ""2 Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship""; ""3 The Prerequisite Cases""; ""4 Ozawa and Thind""; ""5 The Legal Construction of Race""; ""6 White Race-Consciousness""; ""7 The Value to Whites of Whiteness""; ""8 Colorblind White Dominance""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Table of Legal Authorities""; ""Index""; ""About the Author"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782060003321 |
Haney-López Ian | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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