Overview

Why have so many radical thinkers advocated for the abolition of prisons and punishment? And why have their ideas been so difficult to popularise or garner the political will for change? This book outlines several different approaches to penal abolitionism and showcases their calls for the ending of legal coercion, domination, and repression. This exciting and innovative edited collection shows how abolitionist ideas have continued topicality and relevance in the present day and how they can collectively help with devising new ways of thinking about social problems as well as suggesting alternatives to existing penal policies, practices and institutions.

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Author:   Ruth Kinna (Loughborough University) ,  Jon Burnett (University of Hull) ,  Harry Blagg (The University of Western Australia) ,  Joy James (Williams College)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529224030

ISBN 10:   1529224039
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   19 March 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Johannes Feest Preface - David Gordon Scott 1. The Abolitionist Rhizome - David Gordon Scott Part 1: Voices of the Oppressed 2. Kropotkin and the Anarchist Case for Penal Abolition - Ruth Kinna 3. Angela Davis, Abolition and the Emergence of Critical Resistance - Joy James 4. Phenomenology, Abolition, and the Lived Experience of Incarceration - Lisa Guenther Part 2: Abolitionist Ideas 5. Liberation and Reconciliation: The Christian Tradition and Prison Abolition - Hannah Bowman 6. The Daybreak of Abolition: The Overcoming of Punishment and Promotion of Therapy in Nietzsche’s Philosophy - Caius Brandão 7. Marxism and the Political Economy of Abolitionism - Jon Burnett 8. Abolition and Foucault - Chloe Taylor Part 3: The Scope of Oppression 9. The Slavery Industrial Complex - Viviane Saleh-Hanna 10. Abolition and the Colonial Carceral Archipelago - Thalia Anthony and Harry Blagg 11. Southerning Non-punitive and Abolitionist Feminism - Valeria Vegh Weis Part 4: Struggles for Liberation and Justice 12. Eco-abolition: Policing Environmental Injustice - Nathan Stephens Griffin and Andrea Brock 13. Abolitionist Activism in Post-Mass-Media Societies: Moral Panic and the Amplification of Abolitionist Voices - Michael Dellwing 14. Libertarian Socialism and the Struggle for Liberative Justice - David Gordon Scott

Reviews

‘At a moment in which the powers of state punishment are expanding through both familiar and newfound techniques, Envisioning Abolition and Abolitionist Voices make timely and thought-provoking interventions.’ Radical Philosophy 'Abolitionist Voices provides an excellent collection of thought-provoking and politically engaged arguments for abolitionism. Its breadth is impressive: from underpinnings of colonialism, slavery and political economy to the ideas of Kropotkin, Foucault and others.' Christopher Cunneen, University of Technology Sydney

“Abolitionist Voices provides an excellent collection of thought-provoking and politically engaged arguments for abolitionism. Its breadth is impressive: from underpinnings of colonialism, slavery and political economy to the ideas of Kropotkin, Foucault and others.” Christopher Cunneen, University of Technology Sydney

Author Information

David Gordon Scott works at The Open University and is Co-Founding Editor of the journal Justice, Power and Resistance.

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