The French Connection In Criminology - Rediscovering Crime, Law, And Social Change

Informationen zum Autor Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author or editor of several books, including, Punishing the Mentally Ill: A Critical Analysis of Law and Psychiatry and (with Christopher R. Williams) Law, Psychology, and Justice: Chaos Theory and the New (Dis)order , both published by SUNY Press. Klappentext This is the first comprehensive, accessible, and integrative overview of postmodernism's contribution to law, criminology, and social justice. The book begins by reviewing the major contributions of eleven prominent figures responsible for the development of French postmodern social theory: This "first" wave includes Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard. Helene Cixous, Gilles Delcuze Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Felix Guattari, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, and Jean-Francois Lyotard. Their respective insights are then linked to "second" wave scholars who have appropriated their conceptualizations and applied them to pressing issues in law, crime, and social justice research. Compelling and concrete examples are provided for how affirmative and integrative postmodern inquiry can function meaningfully in the world of criminal justice.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce A Arrigo, Bruce A. Arrigo, Bruce A./ Milovanovic Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic, Robert Carl Schehr
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2005
• EAN: 9780791463550
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6355-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Suny New Directions in Crime a
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories