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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2018, 2018
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| Series: | The Berkeley Tanner lectures / The Berkeley Tanner lectures
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780190888619 |