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Necropolitics

The Religious Crisis of Mass Incarceration in America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvChristophe D. Ringer

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Necropolitics: The Religious Crisis of Mass Incarceration in America explores the pernicious and persistent presence of mass incarceration in American public life. Christophe D. Ringer argues that mass incarceration persists largely because the othering and criminalization of Black people in times of crisis is a significant part of the religious meaning of America. This book traces representations from the Puritan era to the beginning of the War on Drugs in the 1980s to demonstrate their centrality in this issue, revealing how these images have become accepted as fact and used by various aspects of governance to wield the power to punish indiscriminately. Ringer demonstrates how these vilifying images contribute to racism and political economy, creating a politics of death that uses jails and prisons to conceal social inequalities and political exclusion.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-11-17
Mått161 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieReligion and Race
Antal sidor162
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793626790

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Necropolitics is an engaging work that explores the role and impact of religious thought and positionality on views of mass incarceration in the US.... Throughout, Ringer contends that the crisis of mass incarceration is predicated on the legitimized social death of Black Americans who are alternately characterized as animalistic, and are criminalized and restrained to foster a good society.... This is a very interesting contribution to the broader exploration of mass incarceration, as it ties religion—a fundamental American concept—to mass incarceration—a contested social and economic reality—through theoretical analysis. [I]t is excellent for those with grounding in religious theory, political theory, political economy, and mass incarceration. Highly recommended.