The will to punish
In 'The Will to Punish', Didier Fassin interrogates the philosophical presuppositions of modern punishment. Through his own fieldwork, history and anthropology, Fassin breaks the conceptual links between crime and punishment, showing that states punish without crime, and that the extent of...
| Main Author: | Fassin, Didier, |
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| Other Authors: | Kutz, Christopher,, Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Berkeley Tanner lectures.
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| Summary: |
In 'The Will to Punish', Didier Fassin interrogates the philosophical presuppositions of modern punishment. Through his own fieldwork, history and anthropology, Fassin breaks the conceptual links between crime and punishment, showing that states punish without crime, and that the extent of punishment's focus on marginalized communities means that it lies beyond any rational justification. |
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| Item Description: |
Previously issued in print: 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. In 'The Will to Punish', Didier Fassin interrogates the philosophical presuppositions of modern punishment. Through his own fieldwork, history and anthropology, Fassin breaks the conceptual links between crime and punishment, showing that states punish without crime, and that the extent of punishment's focus on marginalized communities means that it lies beyond any rational justification. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190888619 (ebook) : |