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Steve Hall uses cutting-edge philosophy and social theory to analyse patterns of crime and harm and illuminate contemporary criminological issues. He provides a fresh, relevant critique of the philosophical and political underpinnings of criminological theory and the theoretical canon's development during the twentieth century, and applies new Continental philosophy to the criminological problem.
Unmatched in its sophistication yet written in a clear, accessible style, this dynamic and highly engaging book is essential reading for all students, researchers and academics working in criminology, sociology, social policy, politics and the social sciences in general.
Living with the Undead: The Failure of Liberal-Left Theory
Living with the Undead: The Failure of Liberal-Left Theory
What stood in the way of the resistant individual, the natural transgressor? At the heart of the liberal left's analysis lies a standard form of rationalist ideology critique, where the rational individual's perceptions of reality are distorted by ideology, and these distortions are reproduced by a hegemonic cultural narrative that serves the political status quo by demonizing the dangerous classes and naturalizing the elite's state-centred social power. As we saw earlier in the work of Murray, this ‘dangerous’ and ‘non-deserving’ section of the poor is represented as a threat in order to convince the majority of the need for protection (Reiman, 1979), which is offered in the form ...
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