At the Heart of the State: The Moral World of Institutions

by Didier Fassin

The state is often regarded as an abstract and neutral bureaucratic entity. Against this common sense idea, At the Heart of the State argues that it is also a concrete reality with a morality, embodied in the work of its agents and inscribed in the issues of its time. A political and moral anthropology, this book is the result of a five-year investigation conducted by ten scholars, based in France. It analyses, amongst other topics, the police, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745335594
• ISBN13: 9780745335599
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"