A Science of Otherness?: Rereading the History of Western and US Criminological Thought

by Yoav Mehozay

Overview

This book presents a critical history of Western criminological thought from the Enlightenment to the present day, with a focus on the US. Mehozay contends that Western criminological thought is based upon ‘otherness’, sustaining the control of some people over others. He demonstrates how ideologies of otherness validate projects of control and exclusion, modernization and care, and even eugenics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529209143
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	11/03/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172
File size:	657 KB

About the Author

Yoav Mehozay is Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology at Haifa University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Criminology as Otherness? 2. The Classical School: Otherness as an Ideology of an Imaginary Bourgeois Society 3. The Early Days of Positivist Criminology: An Ideology of Universalism and Otherness 4. Two Versions of Otherness: Between Eugenics and Modernization Theory 5. Otherness as Subculture 6. Managing the Other: Otherness in Practice 7. Conclusion: A Science of Otherness?

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Mehozay provides an unabashed intellectual history of criminology that embraces its dynamism but also highlights its core concern. A succinct but deeply researched discussion of the major strands of Western and especially US criminological thought since the Enlightenment.” Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley

"Mehozay takes us on a journey into the depths of the Western criminological tradition, exposing its long-standing collusion with colonial subjugation, racial domination, and class rule. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding the epistemological foundations of the politics of punishment." Alessandro De Giorgi, San Jose State University