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Against innocence : undoing and remaking the world / Miriam Ticktin
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ticktin, Miriam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Innocence (Psychology).
- Innocence (Psychology)--Political aspects.
- Social values.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A provocative critique of how the concept of innocence functions in contemporary politics and society.In this timely and bold book, Miriam Ticktin explores how a concept that consistently appears as a moral good actually ends up creating harm for so many.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Against innocence, beyond innocence
- The power of racial innocence : liberals, illiberals, and humanitarians
- The innocence of inequality : defining the refugee-child
- The science of innocence : absolving the queer and the criminal
- Innocence as planetary politics : animals, the fetus, and Mother Nature
- Beyond innocence : toward a commoning world.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-83874-9
- 9780226838748
- OCLC:
- 1559561829
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