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Punishment and Modern Society A Study in Social Theory

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ISBN-10: 0226283828

ISBN-13: 9780226283821

Edition: 1990

Authors: David Garland

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In this path-breaking book, David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural meanings. Drawing on theorists from Durkheim to Foucault, he insightfully critiques the entire spectrum of social thought concerning punishment, and reworks it into a new interpretive synthesis. "Punishment and Modern Society is an outstanding delineation of the sociology of punishment. At last the process that is surely the heart and soul of criminology, and perhaps of sociology as well--punishment--has been rescued from the fringes of these 'disciplines'. . . . This book is a first-class piece of scholarship."--Graeme Newman, Contemporary…    
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Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Introduction
The Sociology of Punishment and Punishment Today
Punishment and Social Solidarity: The Work of eacute;mile Durkheim
Punishment and the Construction of Authority: A Reworking of Durkheimian Themes
The Political Economy of Punishment: Rusche and Kirchheimer and the Marxist Tradition
Punishment as Ideology and Class Control: Variations on Marxist Themes
Punishment and the Technologies of Power: The Work of Michel Foucault
Beyond the Power Perspective: A Critique of Foucault on Punishment
The Rationalization of Punishment: Weberian Themes and Modern Penality
Punishment and Culture: Cultural Forms and Penal Practices
Punishment and Sensibilities: A Genealogy of 'Civilized' Sanctions
Punishment as a Cultural Agent: Penality's Role in the Creation of Culture
Punishment as Social Institution
Bibliography
Index
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