Death and other penalties : philosophy in a time of mass incarceration / edited by Geoffrey Adelsberg, Lisa Guenther, and Scott Zeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adelsberg, Geoffrey, editor.

Guenther, Lisa, 1971- editor.

Zeman, Scott C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--United States.

Capital punishment.

United States.

Imprisonment--United States.

Imprisonment.

Punishment--United States.

Punishment.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

xi, 411 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.

Contents:

Legacies of Slavery

Excavating the Sedimentations of Slavery: The Unfinished Project of American Abolition / Brady Heiner Heiner, Brady 13

From Commodity Fetishism to Prison Fetishism: Slavery, Convict-leasing, and the Ideological Productions of Incarceration / James A. Manos Manos, James A. 43

Maroon Philosophy: An Interview with Russell "Maroon" Shoatz / Russell "Maroon" Shoatz Shoatz, Russell "Maroon", Lisa Guenther Guenther, Lisa 60

Death Penalties

In Reality-From the Row / Derrick Quintero Quintero, Derrick 77

U.S. Racism and Derrida's Theologico-Political Sovereignty / Geoffrey Adelsberg Adelsberg, Geoffrey 83

Making Death a Penalty: Or, Making "Good" Death a "Good" Penalty / Kelly Oliver Oliver, Kelly 95

Death Penalty Abolition in Neoliberal Times: The SAFE California Act and the Nexus of Savings and Security / Andrew Dilts Dilts, Andrew 106

On the Inviolability of Human Life / Julia Kristeva Kristeva, Julia, Lisa Walsh Walsh, Lisa 130

Rethinking Power and Responsibility

Punishment, Desert, and Equality: A Levinasian Analysis / Benjamin S. Yost Yost, Benjamin S. 141

Prisons and Palliative Politics / Ami Harbin Harbin, Ami 158

Sovereignty, Community, and the Incarceration of Immigrants / Matt S. Whitt Whitt, Matt S. 174

Without the Right to Exist: Mass Incarceration and National Security / Andrea Smith Smith, Andrea 13

Prison Abolition and a Culture of Sexual Difference / Sarah Tyson Tyson, Sarah 210

Isolation and Resistance

Statement on Solitary Confinement / Abu Ali Abdur'Rahman Abdur'Rahman, Abu Ali 227

The Violence of the Supermax: Toward a Phenomenological Aesthetics of Prison Space / Adrian Switzer Switzer, Adrian 230

Prison and the Subject of Resistance: A Levinasian Inquiry / Shokoufeh Sakhi Sakhi, Shokoufeh 250

Critical Theory, Queer Resistance, and the Ends of Capture / Liat Ben-Moshe Ben-Moshe, Liat, Che Gossett Gossett, Che, Nick Mitchell Mitchell, Nick, Eric A. Stanley Stanley, Eric A. 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823265299

0823265293

9780823265305

0823265307

OCLC:

901374321