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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Lawrence M. Friedman is the Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford University. He is a leading historian of American law, and a leading scholar associated with the law and society movement. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books on these subjects.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence M. Friedman
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781538166840
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6684-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, True Crime, LAW / Privacy, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Human Geography, Privacy law, Popular beliefs