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Necropolitics
The Religious Crisis of Mass Incarceration in America
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2020
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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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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2679-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2680-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
153
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
1 The Politics of Death in the Arche of the American Experience No access Pages 21 - 34
2 The Necropolitics of Social Death and Statecraft No access Pages 35 - 66
3 Beyond the Death-Bound-Subject No access Pages 67 - 90
4 Necropolitics and Juridical Power No access Pages 91 - 114
5 The Eschatological Production of Mass Incarceration No access Pages 115 - 132
