| The French Connection in Criminology: Rediscovering Crime, Law, and Social Change Contributor(s): Arrigo, Bruce A. (Author), Milovanovic, Dragan (Author), Schehr, Robert Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791463559 ISBN-13: 9780791463550 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: This is the first comprehensive, accessible, and integrative overview of postmodernism's contribution to law, criminology, and social justice. The book begins by reviewing the major contributions of eleven prominent figures responsible for the development of French postmodern social theory: This "first" wave includes Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard. Helene Cixous, Gilles Delcuze Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Felix Guattari, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, and Jean-Francois Lyotard. Their respective insights are then linked to "second" wave scholars who have appropriated their conceptualizations and applied them to pressing issues in law, crime, and social justice research. Compelling and concrete examples are provided for how affirmative and integrative postmodern inquiry can function meaningfully in the world of criminal justice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 364.01 |
| LCCN: 2004045403 |
| Series: Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.8" W x 9.36" (0.82 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive, accessible, and integrative overview of postmodernism's contribution to law, criminology, and social justice. The book begins by reviewing the major contributions of eleven prominent figures responsible for the development of French postmodern social theory. This "first" wave includes Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, H l ne Cixous, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, F lix Guattari, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, and Jean-Fran ois Lyotard. Their respective insights are then linked to "second" wave scholars who have appropriated their conceptualizations and applied them to pressing issues in law, crime, and social justice research. Compelling and concrete examples are provided for how affirmative and integrative postmodern inquiry can function meaningfully in the world of criminal justice. Topics explored include confinement law and prison resistance; critical race theory and a jurisprudence of color; media/literary studies and feminism; restorative justice and victim-offender mediation processes; and the emergence of social movements, including innocence projects and intentional communities. |