Faith: Political Philosophy in the Canadian Academy: Can Prisons Work? The Prisoner as Object and Subject in Modern Corrections, Stephen Duguid
In: Alberta Law Review, Jg. 39 (2001-11-01), S. 757
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Stephen Duguid's Can Prisons Work? is a remarkably rich book. 2 Its virtue lies not so much in its originality--many of its ideas are discussed elsewhere by others--or in the depth of its analysis--its "lite" (or perhaps more charitably "emblematic") treatments of Voltaire, Rousseau, de Sade, Kant, Hume, and Foucault would doubtless irritate specialists--but in its integration of a tremendous number of threads and themes around the correctional enterprise. The book illuminates, educates, and provokes. I will review (A) its overarching theme; (B) its history of modern corrections; (C) some additional issues arising in its exposition; and (D) some challenges it poses. I. OVERARCHING THEME The main theme explored in CPW could be summarized as follows: prisoners are subjects, not objects, who have made inappropriate choices; to reduce the likelihood of their continuing to make inappropriate choices when released from prison, steps must be taken to assist them to become citizens. These steps, in particular, involve providing prisoners with a liberal arts education. Let us interrogate this thesis. A. WHY SHOULD WE BOTHER WITH PRISONERS AT ALL? If one were interested in writing about subjectivity, citizenship, and education, one might have situated the discussion in a setting more hospitable than the prison. Why should these topics be pursued through such an unlikely environment? Why the fascination with the prison? The prison is marginal. Physically, it is pushed to the margins of communities, to the outskirts. Economically, while the prison may have large regional economic benefits, ...
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Faith: Political Philosophy in the Canadian Academy: Can Prisons Work? The Prisoner as Object and Subject in Modern Corrections, Stephen Duguid
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Renke, Wayne N. |
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Zeitschrift: | Alberta Law Review, Jg. 39 (2001-11-01), S. 757 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2001 |
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