Deconstructing the Death Penalty
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Deconstructing the Death Penalty

Derrida's Seminars and the New Abolitionism

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  2. English
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Deconstructing the Death Penalty

Derrida's Seminars and the New Abolitionism

About this book

This volume represents the first collection of essays devoted exclusively to Jacques Derrida's Death Penalty Seminars, conducted from 1999 to 2001. The volume includes essays from a range of scholars working in philosophy, law, Francophone studies, and comparative literature, including established Derridians, activist scholars, and emerging scholars. These essays attempt to elucidate and expand upon Derrida's deconstruction of the theologico-political logic of the death penalty in order to construct a new form of abolitionism, one not rooted in the problematic logics of sovereign power. These essays provide remarkable insight into Derrida's ethical and political projects; this volume will not only explore the implications of Derrida's thought on capital punishment and mass incarceration, but will also help to further elucidate the philosophical groundwork for his later deconstructions of sovereign power and the human/animal divide. Because Derrida is deconstructing the logic of the death penalty, rather than the death penalty itself, his seminars will prove useful to scholars and activists opposing all forms of state sanctioned killing. In compiling this volume, our goals were twofold: first, to make a case for Derrida's continuing importance in debates on capital punishment, mass incarceration, and police brutality, and second, to construct a new, versatile abolitionism, one capable of confronting all forms the death penalty might take.

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Information

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780823280117
9780823280100
eBook ISBN
9780823280131
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Literary Criticism Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. DECONSTRUCTING THE DEATH PENALTY
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Introduction. From Capital Punishment to Abolitionism: Deconstructing the Death Penalty
  7. PART I READING DERRIDA’S DEATH PENALTY SEMINARS
  8. PART II DERRIDA AND HIS INTERLOCUTERS
  9. PART III EXTENDING DERRIDA’S ANALYSIS
  10. PART IV DERRIDA AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
  11. List of Contributors
  12. Index

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