At the Heart of the State : The Moral World of Institutions
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
ISBN-10
0745335594
ISBN-13
9780745335599
Publisher
Pluto Press
Imprint
Pluto Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 20th, 2015
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
436 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.00 x 1.60 cms
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An edited collection that explores all aspects of the state and its institutions.
The state is often regarded as an abstract and neutral bureaucratic entity. Against this common sense idea, At the Heart of the State argues that it is also a concrete reality with a morality, embodied in the work of its agents and inscribed in the issues of its time. A political and moral anthropology, this book is the result of a five-year investigation conducted by ten scholars, based in France. It analyses, amongst other topics, the police, the court system, the prison apparatus, the social services and mental health facilities. Combining genealogy and ethnography, its authors show that these state institutions do not simply implement laws, rules and procedures: they mobilise values and affects, judgements and emotions. In other words, they reflect the morality of the state.
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