Demonising the Other : : The Criminalisation of Morality / / Philip Whitehead.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Whitehead, Philip,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)

Throughout history there has always been an ‘other’, often based on culture, race, gender or class, that has been demonised by the majority. This attribution of negative features onto others affects everyone, but Whitehead challenges the idea that this is an inevitable fact of life. While looking at the historical criminalisation of the ‘other’ and the subsequent modernising transformations in criminal justice and penal policy, such as ‘Big Society’, Whitehead also questions if this is the most effective way to dismantle the conditions of existence responsible for ‘othering’. This important book not only looks for the origin of the ‘other’ but also offers insights for a resolution that benefits society as a whole rather than just the powerful few.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Framing the other: stepping into the stream of history -- Criminalising the other: a criminal justice excursus -- Contesting the other: sinking ethical shafts -- Transcending the other: moral economy and universal ethics -- Concluding comment -- References -- Index