Toward a Critique of Guilt

Toward a Critique of Guilt

Perspectives from Law and the Humanities

Anderson, Matthew; Sarat, Austin

Emerald Publishing Limited

07/2005

168

Dura

Inglês

9780762311897

15 a 20 dias

At the center of our belief in law is the hope and expectation that law can differentiate the guilty from the innocent. The articles in this volume explore law's guilt about literature, various domains in which bodies of guilt appear, and historical perspectives on the subject of guilt.
Introduction: Guilt and Utopia. (M. Anderson). Part I (Re)thinking Law through Literature. Law's Guilt About Literature. (J.B Baron). Guilty Professions: Specters of Sameness in Camus's The Fall. (R. Reichman). Part II Bodies of Guilt. The Injustice of Intersex: Feminist Science Studies and the Writing of a Wrong. (I. Morland). The Cow and the Plow: Animal Suffering, Human Guilt and the Crime of Cruelty. (S.J. Pearson). "Not a story to pass on:" Sexual Violence and Ethical Act in Toni Morrison's Beloved. (S. Murphy). Part III Longer Views. Was Cain Innocent? The Early Rabbis Interpret Guilt. (C. Halberstam). Eternal Remorse. (L. Ross Meyer).
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