The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice
America is driven by vengeance in Terry K. Aladjem’s provocative account – a reactive, public anger that now threatens democratic justice itself. From the return of the death penalty to the wars on terror and in Iraq, Americans demand retribution and moral certainty; they assert the “rights of v...
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| Định dạng: | Sách |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2013
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/36006 |
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| Tóm tắt: | America is driven by vengeance in Terry K. Aladjem’s provocative
account – a reactive, public anger that now threatens democratic
justice itself. From the return of the death penalty to the wars on terror
and in Iraq, Americans demand retribution and moral certainty;
they assert the “rights of victims” and make pronouncements against
“evil.” Yet for Aladjem this dangerously authoritarian turn has its origins
in the tradition of liberal justice itself – in theories of punishment
that justify inflicting pain and in the punitive practices that result.
Exploring vengeance as the defining problem of our time, Aladjem
returns to the theories of Locke, Hegel, and Mill. He engages the
ancient Greeks, Nietzsche, Paine, and Foucault to challenge liberal
assumptions about punishment. He interrogates American law, capital
punishment, and images of justice in the media. He envisions a
democratic justice that is better able to contain its vengeance. |
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