The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics

The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9781317797517
ISBN-13 : 1317797515
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Book Synopsis The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics by : Peter J. Hutchings

Download or read book The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics written by Peter J. Hutchings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the legal and aesthetic discourses that combine to shape the image of the criminal, and that image's contemporary endurance. The author traces the roots of contemporary ideas about criminality back to legal, philosophical and aesthetic concepts originating in the nineteenth century. Building on the ideas of Foucault and Walter Benjamin, Hutchings argues that the criminal, as constructed in places such as popular crime stories or the law of insanity, became an obsession which haunted nineteenth century thought.


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