Good Trouble: How Deviants, Criminals, Heretics, and Outsiders Have Changed the World for the Better (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498563444)

This book is written in praise of the criminal; a unique kind of criminal, who is motivated not by personal gain, but ethical altruism. Deviant heroes are those individuals who violate unjust norms and laws, facing the repercussions of social control, effecting positive social change in the process. Using a method that examines how the biographies of individual deviants intersected with history, it probes how criminals and deviants have been on the leading edge of important, positive social changes and the creation of a more just, fair, and humane society. Brian Wolf concludes with an examination of the problem of conformity and how deviant heroism in everyday life may be a remedy for injustice in micro-level social contexts.

Author: Brian Wolf
ISBN-10: 1498563449
ISBN-13: 9781498563444
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2019
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2019