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Power and Crime
About this book
This book provides an analysis of the two concepts of power and crime and posits that criminologists can learn more about these concepts by incorporating ideas from disciplines outside of criminology. Although arguably a 'rendezvous' discipline, Vincenzo Ruggiero argues that criminology can gain much insight from other fields such as the political sciences, ethics, social theory, critical legal studies, economic theory, and classical literature.
In this book Ruggiero offers an authoritative synthesis of a range of intellectual conceptions of crime and power, drawing on the works and theories of classical, as well as contemporary thinkers, in the above fields of knowledge, arguing that criminology can 'humbly' renounce claims to intellectual independence and adopt notions and perspectives from other disciplines.
The theories presented locate the crimes of the powerful in different disciplinary contexts and make the book essential reading for academics and students involved in the study of criminology, sociology, law, politics and philosophy.
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Index
- affective trust 127–128
- Agathocles 119
- agency 13, 39, 63, 115, 155
- Alexander, J.C. 154
- altruism 62, 107–108, 119, 129
- ambiguity 8, 17, 78, 90, 131
- ambivalence 25, 32, 50, 131
- anomie (Durkheim) 44, 94
- anti‐humanism (Luhmann) 83–85
- Appiah, K.A. 54
- Arendt, H. 55–58, 59, 101
- Aristotle 5, 54, 56, 69–70, 112–113
- Aron, R. 40
- arrogance 14–15
- asymmetry 9, 41, 68, 104, 127
- attachment 28, 37, 64
- Augustine 24, 70–71
- authoritative power 42
- axiological beliefs 121–122
- Balzac, H. de 5, 133–152, 153
- constellation of interests 149–152
- criminal criminologists 145–147
- fatherly love 140–145
- grand figures 137–140
- materialism 147–149
- ruthlessness 134–137
- basic norms 48–49
- Bauman, Z. 131
- Becker, G. 94
- Benjamin, W. 152
- bio‐power 86
- Boudon, R. 122–123
- Buchanan, J. 97
- cause‐effect mechanism 114
- centralized authority 38, 75
- Cervante...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- A criminological classification
- Fearing the future
- The law of power
- Domination, hegemony and violence
- Inglorious human activities
- The ethics of power
- Balzac: power as crime
- Conclusion
- References
- Index