Personal Identity in the Modern World - A Society of Strangers

In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Up and Down the Ladder
Chapter 2: Evil Twin
Chapter 3: Crimes of Mobility
Chapter 4: White Lies
Chapter 5: The Dawn of Mystery
Chapter 6: A World of Doubt and Opportunity
Chapter 7: The Worm in the Bud
Chapter 8: Coming Together and Going Apart
Chapter 9: Brave New World

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Lawrence M. Friedman

Zusammenfassung

In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lawrence M. Friedman
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781538166840
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6684-0
• Seiten: 198
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Sonstiges; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, True Crime, LAW / Privacy, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Human Geography, Privacy law, Popular beliefs