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Punitive States
Simon Hallsworth
其他書名
Punishment and the Economy of Violence
出版Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-11
主題Law / GeneralLaw / Criminal Law / GeneralSocial Science / CriminologySocial Science / Penology
ISBN19043851179781904385110
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xKc6PQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Are there distinctive postmodern forms of punishment? Is the contemporary 'punitive' turn in the United States a sign of things to come in Europe? Has modern rationality at odds with violence or the means to applying violence systematically? 'Punitive States' links together these key contemporary debates in criminology, penology and social theory and offers an alternative analysis inspired by Georges Bataille and Rene Girard. The book then concludes with three dramatic case studies - 'Punishment and the Economy of Violence: State violence, masculinity and the flight from the feminine', 'A honeymoon in Auschwitz' and 'Monstrous doubles' - that relate the foregoing arguments to contemporary cultural forms and political decisions.