Fugitive Thought
Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice
Published on 14. July 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-8166-4314-1 (ISBN)
Description
Looks to the philosophy and experience of prisoners to reinvigorate our concepts of justice, solidarity, and freedom
In Fugitive Thought, Michael Hames-GarcIa argues that writings by prisoners are instances of practical social theory that seek to transform the world. Unlike other authors who have studied prisons or legal theory, Hames-GarcIa views prisoners as political and social thinkers whose ideas are as valuable as those of lawyers and philosophers.
As key moral terms like "justice," "solidarity," and "freedom" have come under suspicion in the post-Civil Rights era, political discussions on the Left have reached an impasse. Fugitive Thought reexamines and reinvigorates these concepts through a fresh approach to philosophies of justice and freedom, combining the study of legal theory and of prison literature to show how the critiques and moral visions of dissidents and participants in prison movements can contribute to the shaping and realization of workable ethical conceptions. Fugitive Thought focuses on writings by black and Latina/o lawyers and prisoners to flesh out the philosophical underpinnings of ethical claims within legal theory and prison activism.
In Fugitive Thought, Michael Hames-GarcIa argues that writings by prisoners are instances of practical social theory that seek to transform the world. Unlike other authors who have studied prisons or legal theory, Hames-GarcIa views prisoners as political and social thinkers whose ideas are as valuable as those of lawyers and philosophers.
As key moral terms like "justice," "solidarity," and "freedom" have come under suspicion in the post-Civil Rights era, political discussions on the Left have reached an impasse. Fugitive Thought reexamines and reinvigorates these concepts through a fresh approach to philosophies of justice and freedom, combining the study of legal theory and of prison literature to show how the critiques and moral visions of dissidents and participants in prison movements can contribute to the shaping and realization of workable ethical conceptions. Fugitive Thought focuses on writings by black and Latina/o lawyers and prisoners to flesh out the philosophical underpinnings of ethical claims within legal theory and prison activism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8166-4314-1 (9780816643141)
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Michael Hames-GarcIa is associate professor of English and of philosophy, interpretation, and culture at Binghamton University, State University of New York.