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Jack Katz : seduction, the street and emotion /

This book is a timely re-introduction to the work and life of one of criminology's more respected theorists, Jack Katz, to the next generation of thinkers in this field. For nearly 40 years, his work has offered an alternative philosophical perspective to study crime and criminal behavior that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Polizzi, David (editer.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Edición:First edition 2020
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Jack Katz
  • Jack Katz: Seduction, the Street and Emotion
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Introduction
  • About This Book
  • References
  • 2. Start Here: A Conversation with Jack Katz
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • References
  • 3. "It Is the Sensual, Stupid": Katz and the Futures of Criminology
  • Abstract
  • Katz's Challenge to Criminology
  • Containing Multitudes: The Useful Contradictions of Katz
  • A Book Born among Predictions of Bloodshed
  • Missing the Mark: Sensation, Science, and the Lay Public
  • The Sensual Legacy
  • References
  • 4. The Negative Character of Killing in the Narratives of Soldiers and Police
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Killing as an Affirmative Moral Project in Seductions of Crime
  • Killing as an Adventure
  • The Ethics of Refrained Killings
  • Killing and Refraining from Killing as a Moral Project
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 5. Righteous Slaughter and the Phenomenology of the Assailed Self
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Righteous Slaughter
  • The Case of Dylann Roof
  • Humiliation, Rage, and Righteous Slaughter
  • Some Closing Reflections
  • References
  • 6. Doomed Antiheros: Intimate Killers and Home-grown Jihadis
  • Abstract
  • The Doomed Antihero
  • Homicide in Seductions of Crime
  • Hot-blooded Murder
  • Cold-blooded Killers
  • The Badass
  • Abnormal Killers
  • Sources of Humiliation
  • Are Terrorists Antiheros? The Charlie Hebdo Massacre
  • Religion as a Vessel for Rage
  • The Jihadi Antihero
  • References
  • 7. "There's a Chance for Adventure ... ": Exploring Excitement as an Existential Attraction of Violent Extremism
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • The Role and Value of Excitement
  • Identity, Meaning, and Excitement
  • A Phenomenological Approach
  • Emotional Transformations
  • Methodology
  • Looking Cool
  • Becoming Militant/Militant-Meets-Street
  • A Sense of Adventure
  • Sneaky Thrills
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index