
Imaginary Boundaries of Justice
Social and Legal Justice across Disciplines
Ronnie Lippens(Editor)
Hart Publishing
Published on 14. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84113-475-8 (ISBN)
Description
It has become increasingly difficult to speak or even think social or legal justice in an age when words have left their moorings. Perhaps images are more stable than words; maybe images and imagery possess a certain viscosity,even a sensory quality, which prevents them from evaporating. This 'maybe' is what this book is about. The contributors to this collection explore the issue of how the Imaginary (images, imagery, imagination) has a role in the production and reproduction of 'visions' of legal and social justice. It argues that 'visions' of justice are inevitably bounded. Boundaries of 'visions' of justice, however, are also 'imaginary'. They emerge within imaginary spaces, and, as they are 'imaginary', they are inherently unstable. The book captures an emerging interest (in the humanities and social sciences) in images and the visual, or the Imaginary more broadly. This collection will appeal to scholars and students of social and legal theory, visual culture, justice and governance studies, media studies, and criminology.
Reviews / Votes
...contains some excellent individual essays, all of which are well integrated into the overall theme and structure of the book...a very useful text for students of the law, legal philosophy and visual culture. Ben Golder The Modern Law Review, Vol 69, No 1 Jan 06More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84113-475-8 (9781841134758)
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Ronnie Lippens is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Keele University.
Content
IMAGINARY. BOUNDARY. JUSTICE (Ronnie Lippens,Keele University) THOUGHT'S PRISON : AN IMAGE OF IMAGES (Louis Wolcher, University of Washington) JUST WAITING. ENDLESS DEFERRAL AND THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE OF 'SUSPENDING' PARTICIPANTS BETWEEN BIDDING AND EVALUATION. (Rolland Munro, Keele University) BOUNDARIES OF EXCLUSIONS PAST: THE MEMORY OF WASTE (Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, University of Westminster) THE SPACES OF IRONY (Claire Valier, Birkbeck College) THE SUBJECT OF SURVEILLANCE: NOTES ON MANN'S 'HEAT' AND KIESLOWSKI'S 'THREE COLOURS: RED' (Richard Jones, Edinburgh University) MAKE MY DAY : IMAGES OF MASCULINITY AND THE PSYCHO-DYNAMICS OF MASS INCARCERATION (Simon Hallsworth, London Metropolitan University) IMAGINING JUSTICE AT THE CRADLE OF MODERNITY (Ronnie Lippens, Keele University) OBSERVING VICTIMS. GLOBAL INSECURITIES AND THE SYSTEMIC IMAGINATION OF JUSTICE IN WORLD SOCIETY (Claudius Messner, Universita di Lecce)