| The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics: Incriminating Subjects Contributor(s): Hutchings, Peter J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415236061 ISBN-13: 9780415236065 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: This book traces the roots of contemporary ideas about criminality back to legal, philosophical and aesthetics concepts originating in the nineteenth century. Building on the ideas of Foucault and Walter Benjamin, Hutchings argues that the criminal, as constructed in places such as popular crime stories or the law of insanity, was an obsession haunting nineteenth century thought. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 364 |
| LCCN: 00062723 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.34" W x 9.42" (1.15 lbs) 234 pages |
