At the Heart of the State

The Moral World of Institutions

AvDidier Fassin

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

The state is often regarded as an abstract and neutral bureaucratic entity. Against this common sense idea, At the Heart of the State argues that it is also a concrete reality with a morality, embodied in the work of its agents and inscribed in the issues of its time. A political and moral anthropology, this book is the result of a five-year investigation conducted by ten scholars, based in France. It analyses, amongst other topics, the police, the court system, the prison apparatus, the social services and mental health facilities. Combining genealogy and ethnography, its authors show that these state institutions do not simply implement laws, rules and procedures: they mobilise values and affects, judgements and emotions. In other words, they reflect the morality of the state.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-06-20
Mått:150 x 230 x 18 mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthropology, Culture and Society
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745335599
Översättare:Patrick Brown

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Didier Fassin is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books including The Will to Punish (2018), Life: A Critical Users Manual (2018), Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition (2016) and Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing.Patrick Brown is the translator of At the Heart of the State (Pluto, 2015).

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'Didier Fassin is one of the most imaginative social scientists of our time. This book should be considered not only as required reading for all scholars in the field, but also for all active citizens'

Innehållsförteckning

Series PrefaceAcknowledgementsCan States be Moral? Preface to the English EditionIntroduction: Governing Precarity - Didier FassinPart I: Judging1. The Right to Punish: Assessing Sentences in Immediate Appearance Trials - Chowra Makaremi2. Justice for Immigrants: The Work of Magistrates in Deportation Proceedings - Nicolas Fischer3. In Search of Truth: How Asylum Applications are Adjudicated - Carolina KobelinskyPart II: Repressing4. Maintaining Order: The Moral Justifications for Police Practices - Didier Fassin5. Sanctioning behind Bars: The Humanisation of Retribution in Prison - Fabrice Fernandez6. Assisting or Controlling? When Social Workers Become Probation Officers - Yasmine BouaggaPart III: Supporting7. Discipline and Educate: Contradictions within the Juvenile Justice System - Sébastien Roux8. Listening to Suffering: The Treatment of Mental Fragility at a Home for Adolescents - Isabelle Coutant and Jean-Sébastien Eideliman9. Profiling Job Seekers: The Counseling of Youths at an Employment Center - Sarah MazouzConclusion: Raisons d’État - Didier FassinGlossaryBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex