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PUNISHMENT AND DEATH
THE NEED FOR RADICAL ANALYSIS |
| By: |
Ethan Blue (Editor), Patrick Timmons (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£11.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0822366606 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780822366607 |
| Publisher: |
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 September, 2006 |
| Series: |
A Special Issue of Radical History Review No. 96 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Considers the persistence of death and suffering in the history of punishment to be part of historical legacies created by slavery and colonialism. This title argues that the infliction of pain, suffering, and death through punishment is foundational, rather than exceptional, to modern state power. |
| Synopsis: |
This special issue of Radical History Review considers the persistence of death and suffering in the history of punishment to be part of historical legacies created by slavery and colonialism. These essays, which focus primarily on the United States, contend that the most "modern" political systems of the twenty-first century still stand behind mechanisms of violence and death in their geopolitical strategies, sanctioning military use of torture and punishment, much like thoroughly repressive regimes, to incapacitate their enemies and even their own citizens. The issue further argues that the infliction of pain, suffering, and untimely death through punishment is foundational, rather than exceptional, to modern state power. The issue's contributors-comprising both academics and activists-examine the practices of punishment and death imposed upon citizens, particularly through penal systems. One contributor exposes how the indignation and outrage many Americans expressed toward the military torture at Abu Ghraib do not extend to similar instances of torture (beatings, "shower-baths," sexual abuse, etc.) against inmates of color within the U.S. prison system.Another contributor reflects on the unexpected but effective alliance between antiprison activists and the environmental justice movement in California, which worked to stop the massive prison-building boom of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Bringing a longer sweep of Western colonialism into view, another essay reveals the racial prejudices within disciplinary processes of Puerto Rico that lingered even after the island's emancipation from the Spanish American empire, leading to unequal distribution of punishment on both colonial and domestic subject populations. Contributors. Ethan Blue, Rose Braz, Helena Cobban, Craig Gilmore, Alan Eladio Gomez, R. J. Lambrose, Heather Jane McCarty, Dylan Rodriguez, Kelvin Santiago-Valles, Carolyn Strange, Patrick Timmons |
| Illustrations: |
2 illustrations |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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