Love/Power

Love supplants power as it is often understood in contemporary justice practice, obliterating it utterly. What, then, fills the vacuum? How can justice hope to endure without any mechanism for coercion? By what mechanism can justice hope to function? This essay will explore briefly Foucault’s though...

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Main Author: DeValve, Michael J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 375-391
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Coercive Force
Coercive Power
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice System
Restorative Justice
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Summary:Love supplants power as it is often understood in contemporary justice practice, obliterating it utterly. What, then, fills the vacuum? How can justice hope to endure without any mechanism for coercion? By what mechanism can justice hope to function? This essay will explore briefly Foucault’s thought about power as it functions in contemporary criminal justice, but will then develop a theoretical foundation inspired by Simone Weil, as well as a practical guide for a power modality that is consonant with the creation and sustainment of a loving justice.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 390-391
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-016-9347-2