Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration : The Politics of Sanity /

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"Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcertate the mentally ill, frequently poor people of color? Via multiple reframings of the question--theological, socioeconomic, and psychological--Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a 'persecution of the prophetic' at the heart of the contemporary...

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Autor principal: Skotnicki, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prophets.
Mentally ill prisoners > Great Britain.
Mentally ill prisoners > United States.
People with mental disabilities > Public opinion.
Mental illness > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects.
Imprisonment > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview of the problem of mental illness and incarceration
  • How we think about the mentally ill
  • Why do we punish the mentally ill?
  • A profile of the "mad" prophet
  • Prophetic types and the penal sanctuary.

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