Literary Theory and Criminology

Rafe McGregor is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Edge Hill University, UK.

• Introduction 1. Mass Harms 2. Criminologies 3. De/Re/Construction 4. Patriarchal Political Economy 5. Racial Capitalism 6. Anthropocidal Ecocide 7. Writing 8. Praxis

"In this insightful and inspiring book, Rafe McGregor harnesses the power of literary and critical theory to change the world. Writing with urgency, McGregor highlights the destructiveness of what he coins ‘mass harms’ and demonstrates how critical literary writings can shape our perceptions of these harms and the actions necessary to confront them. McGregor masterfully integrates critique and praxis. His book is a must-read for the new generation of contemporary critical thinkers and practitioners."Professor Bernard Harcourt, Columbia University"This fascinating book reveals insights and truths with a bright intellectual sophistication and tactful philosophical provocation, all the while tapping into the very essence of the existential crises besetting our world today. Wonderfully written, accessible in style, huge in scope, criminology and literary theory will never be the same. A terrific read."Emeritus Distinguished Professor Rob White, University of Tasmania"In a world increasingly desecrated by unrelenting spasms of racism, sexism and ecocide, this must-read book succeeds in its desire to reconstruct more socially just ways of thinking, being and engaging in this world."Professor Nuraan Davids, University of Stellenbosch"Rafe McGregor is the master of the short monograph. In Literary Theory and Criminology, McGregor makes the provocative argument that ecocide is not only related to racism and sexism by global capitalism, but that it supersedes them in both qualitative and quantitative terms. We should expect nothing less from him: he is the most creative contemporary critical theorist and the closest thing this generation has to Fredric Jameson."Professor Avi Brisman, University of Eastern Kentucky