The Will to Punish

by Didier Fassin

Over the last few decades, most societies have become more repressive, their laws more relentless, their magistrates more inflexible, independently of the evolution of crime. In The Will to Punish, using an approach both genealogical and ethnographic, distinguished anthropologist Didier Fassin addresses the major issues raised by this punitive moment through an inquiry into the very foundations of punishment. What is punishment? Why punish? Who is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019088858X
• ISBN13: 9780190888589
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.1"