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- Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: Critical Perspectives in Criminology
summary
Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology represents the first systematic attempt to unpack the philosophical foundations of crime in Western culture. Utilizing the insights of ontology, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics, contributors demonstrate how the reality of crime is informed by a number of implicit assumptions about the human condition and unstated values about civil society.
Charting a provocative and original direction, editors Bruce A. Arrigo and Christopher R. Williams couple theoretically oriented chapters with those centered on application and case study. In doing so, they develop an insightful, sensible, and accessible approach for a philosophical criminology in step with the political and economic challenges of the twenty-first century. Revealing the ways in which philosophical conceits inform prevailing conceptions of crime, Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology is required reading for any serious student or scholar concerned with crime and its impact on society and in our lives.
Charting a provocative and original direction, editors Bruce A. Arrigo and Christopher R. Williams couple theoretically oriented chapters with those centered on application and case study. In doing so, they develop an insightful, sensible, and accessible approach for a philosophical criminology in step with the political and economic challenges of the twenty-first century. Revealing the ways in which philosophical conceits inform prevailing conceptions of crime, Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology is required reading for any serious student or scholar concerned with crime and its impact on society and in our lives.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-7
- Part One: Ontology and Crime
- Part Two: Epistemology and Crime
- Part Three: Ethics and Crime
- Part Four: Aesthetics and Crime
- pp. 219-221
- 7 The Aesthetics of Crime
- pp. 223-256
- 8 The Aesthetics of Cultural Criminology
- pp. 257-278
- Contributors
- pp. 279-281
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252090417
Related ISBN(s)
9780252030512, 9780252072895
MARC Record
OCLC
841172594
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010