Fugitive Thought: Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice - Brossura

Hames-Garcia, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0816643148 ISBN 13: 9780816643141

Casa editrice: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2004

Riassunto

In Fugitive Thought, Michael Hames-García argues that writings by prisoners are instances of practical social theory that seek to transform the world. Unlike other authors who have studied prisons or legal theory, Hames-García views prisoners as political and social thinkers whose ideas are as important as those of lawyers and philosophers.As key moral terms like "justice," "solidarity," and "freedom" have come under suspicion in the post-Civil Rights era, political discussions on the Left have reached an impasse. Fugitive Thought reexamines and reinvigorates these concepts through a fresh approach to philosophies of justice and freedom, combining the study of legal theory and of prison literature to show how the critiques and moral visions of dissidents and participants in prison movements can contribute to the shaping and realization of workable ethical conceptions. Fugitive Thought focuses on writings by black and Latina/o lawyers and prisoners to flesh out the philosophical underpinnings of ethical claims within legal theory and prison activism.Michael Hames-García is assistant professor of English and of philosophy, interpretation, and culture at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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• Editore: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0816643148
• ISBN 13: 9780816643141
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352