{"product_id":"deconstructing-the-death-penalty-kelly-oliver-9780823280117","title":"Deconstructing the Death Penalty: Derrida's Seminars and the New Abolitionism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together scholars of philosophy, law, and literature, including prominent Derrideans alongside activist scholars, to elucidate and expand upon an important project of Derrida's final years, the seminars he conducted on the death penalty from 1999 to 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeconstructing the Death Penalty\u003c\/i\u003e provides remarkable insight into Derrida's ethical and political work. Beyond exploring the implications of Derrida's thought on capital punishment and mass incarceration, the contributors also elucidate the philosophical groundwork for his subsequent deconstructions of sovereign power and the human\/animal divide. Because Derrida was concerned with the logic of the death penalty, rather than the death penalty itself, his seminars have proven useful to scholars and activists opposing all forms of state sanctioned killing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume establishes Derrida's importance for continuing debates on capital punishment, mass incarceration, and police brutality. At the same time, by deconstructing the theologico-political logic of the death penalty, it works to construct a new, versatile abolitionism, one capable of confronting all forms the death penalty might take.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082328011X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823280117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Kelly Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947363008767,"sku":"9780823280117","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_42c5c70d-2577-4a96-b171-af1e1bd62c51.jpg?v=1681518276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deconstructing-the-death-penalty-kelly-oliver-9780823280117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}