The Concept of Injustice Contributor(s): Heinze, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415524415 ISBN-13: 9780415524414 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Jurisprudence - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
Dewey: 340.114 |
LCCN: 2012012975 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.11 lbs) 218 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Concept of Injustice challenges traditional Western justice theory. Thinkers from Plato and Aristotle through to Kant, Hegel, Marx and Rawls have subordinated the idea of injustice to the idea of justice. Misled by the word's etymology, political theorists have assumed injustice to be the sheer, logical opposite of justice. Heinze summons ancient and early modern texts, philosophical and literary, with special attention to Shakespeare, to argue that injustice is not primarily the negation, failure or absence of justice. It is the constant product of regimes and norms of justice. Justice is not always the cure for injustice, and is often its cause. |