Necropolitics - The Religious Crisis of Mass Incarceration in America

Informationen zum Autor By Christophe D. Ringer Klappentext This book argues that the othering and criminalization of Black people in times of crisis is part of the religious meaning of America that fuels the problem of mass incarceration. The author develops a religious interpretation of the significance of these images to America's political economy the produces the very problems we punish as a society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Politics of Death in the Arche of the American Experience Chapter 2: The Necropolitics of Social Death and Statecraft Chapter 3: Beyond the Death-Bound-Subject Chapter 4: Necropolitics and Juridical Power Chapter 5: The Eschatological Production of Mass Incarceration Conclusion References Index About the Author

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• Authors: Christophe D. Ringer
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781793626813
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-681-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Religion and Race
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Ethics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Crime & criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations