Killing Times : : The Temporal Technology of the Death Penalty / / David Wills.
Killing Times begins with the deceptively simple observation-made by Jacques Derrida in his seminars on the topic-that the death penalty mechanically interrupts mortal time by preempting the typical mortal experience of not knowing at what precise moment we will die. Through a broader examination of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Machinery of Death or Machinic Life
- 2. The Time of the Trap Door
- 3. The Future Anterior of Blood
- 4. Spirit Wind
- 5. Drone Penalty
- 6 Lam Time
- Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Cited
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index