The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice

by Terry K. Aladjem

Book Overview

America is driven by vengeance in Terry Aladjem's provocative account - a reactive, public anger that is a threat to democratic justice itself. From the return of the death penalty to the wars on terror and in Iraq, Americans demand retribution and moral certainty; they assert the 'rights of victims' and make pronouncements against 'evil'. Yet for Aladjem this dangerously authoritarian turn has its origins in the tradition of liberal justice itself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521713862
• ISBN13: 9780521713863
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"