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The Punitive Imagination: Law, Justice, and Responsibility

The Punitive Imagination: Law, Justice, and Responsibility


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From the Gospel of Matthew to numerous US Supreme Court justices, many literary and legal sources have observed that how a society metes out punishment reveals core truths about its character. "The Punitive Imagination" is a collection of essays that engages and contributes to debates about the purposes and meanings of punishment in the United States. a "The Punitive Imagination" examines some of the critical assumptions that frame America''s approach to punishment. It explores questions such as: Aaaaaaaaa What is the place of concern for human dignity in our prevailing ideologies of punishment? Aaaaaaaaa Can we justly punish the socially disadvantaged? Aaaaaaaaa What assumptions about persons, social institutions, and the ordering of social space provide the basis for American punitiveness? Aaaaaaaaa Who, if anyone, can be held responsible for excessively punitive criminal sentences? Aaaaaaaaa How does punishment depend on prevailing views of free will, responsibility, desert, blameworthiness? Aaaaaaaaa Where/how are those views subject to challenge in our punitive practices? a As Sarat posits in his introduction, the way a society punishes demonstrates its commitment to standards of judgment and justice, its distinctive views of blame and responsibility, its understandings of mercy and forgiveness, and its particular ways of responding to evil. He goes on to discuss the history of punishment in the United States and what it reveals about assumptions made about persons that OC undergirdOCO the American system of punishment. a The five additional contributors to "The Punitive Imagination" seek to illuminate what American practices of punishment tell us about who we are as a nation. Synthesizing cultural, sociological, philosophical, and legal perspectives, they offer a distinctive take on the meaning of punishment in America. "

About the Author :
Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Amherst College and the Justice Hugo L. Black Visiting Senior Faculty Scholar at the University of Alabama School of Law. He is the author or editor of over ninety books on law and society, including "Imagining Legality: Where Law Meets Popular Culture"; editor of the journals "Law, Culture, and Humanities" and "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society"; and edits the Cultural Lives of Law book series.

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""The Punitive Imagination" successfully brings together distinguished philosophers, legal scholars, cultural analysts, and cultural sociologists to engage with important questions about criminal punishment. Its interdisciplinary orientation generates new and compelling insights into the way punishment is imagined, represented, and practiced." --Daniel LaChance, author of "Condemned to Be Free: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States Since 1945" "This is a fantastic volume. The contributions are all very distinct from one another, and yet contribute in unexpected and interesting ways to the central thematic. Imagination is an extremely fruitful concept to pivot a collection such as this around since it has a fluidity that is explored robustly in this volume." --Keally McBride, author of "Collective Dreams: Political Imagination and Community" and "Punishment and Political Order"


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  • ISBN-13: 9780817387969
  • Publisher: University Alabama Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University Alabama Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Law, Justice, and Responsibility
  • ISBN-10: 081738796X
  • Publisher Date: 07 Nov 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 199


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