Necropolitics

Christophe D. Ringer

doi:10.5771/9781793626806

Necropolitics

The Religious Crisis of Mass Incarceration in America

1. Edition 2020

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793626806
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-2679-0
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-2680-6
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

Necropolitics: The Religious Crisis of Mass Incarceration in America explores the pernicious and persistent presence of mass incarceration in American public life. Christophe D. Ringer argues that mass incarceration persists largely because the othering and criminalization of Black people in times of crisis is a significant part of the religious meaning of America. This book traces representations from the Puritan era to the beginning of the War on Drugs in the 1980s to demonstrate their centrality in this issue, revealing how these images have become accepted as fact and used by various aspects of governance to wield the power to punish indiscriminately. Ringer demonstrates how these vilifying images contribute to racism and political economy, creating a politics of death that uses jails and prisons to conceal social inequalities and political exclusion.

Schlagworte

ethics of incarceration ethics of religion religious crisis religious situation jim crow governmentality mass incarceration new jim crow american religion death-bound-subject

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i–viii Preface i–viii
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–20 Introduction 1–20
21–34 1 The Politics of Death in the Arche of the American Experience 21–34
35–66 2 The Necropolitics of Social Death and Statecraft 35–66
67–90 3 Beyond the Death-Bound-Subject 67–90
91–114 4 Necropolitics and Juridical Power 91–114
115–132 5 The Eschatological Production of Mass Incarceration 115–132
133–136 Conclusion 133–136
137–144 Selected Bibliography 137–144
145–152 Index 145–152
153–153 About the Author 153–153

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