The French connection in criminology : rediscovering crime, law and social change / Bruce A. Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic, Robert Carl Schehr.

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ISBN:

9781423743828

9780791463550

9780791463567

9780791483732

Title:

The French connection in criminology : rediscovering crime, law and social change / Bruce A. Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic, Robert Carl Schehr.

Author:

Arrigo, Bruce A.

Personal Author:

Arrigo, Bruce A.

Publication Information:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages).

Series:

SUNY series in new directions in crime and justice studies

Contents:

Establishing the first wave : the linguistic turn in social theory -- Sustaining the first wave : more on the linguistic turn in social theory -- The second wave : interpreting the past, building the present, and looking toward the future -- Confinement law and prison resistance : applications in critical penology -- Critical race theory and postmodern analysis : strength in dialectical unity -- Cinema and literary texts, différence, and social justice studies -- Restorative justice and victim offender mediation : towards a transformative praxis -- Social movements as nonlinearity : on innocence projects and intentional communities -- Back to the future : rediscovering crime, law, and social change.

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Subject Term:

Crime -- Sociological aspects.

Criminology.

Sociology -- France.

Added Author:

Milovanovic, Dragan, 1948-

Schehr, Robert C.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2005

Publication Information:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2005.

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Summary

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.