{"product_id":"fugitive-thought-prison-movements-race-and-the-meaning-of-justice-paperback-softback-9780816643141","title":"Fugitive Thought; Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816643141","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFugitive Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePrison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Hames-Garcia (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816643141\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 July 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 14.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.584 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooks to the philosophy and experience of prisoners to reinvigorate our concepts of justice, solidarity, and freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFugitive Thought\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Hames-GarcÍa argues that writings by prisoners are instances of practical social theory that seek to transform the world. Unlike other authors who have studied prisons or legal theory, Hames-GarcÍa views prisoners as political and social thinkers whose ideas are as valuable as those of lawyers and philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs key moral terms like “justice,” “solidarity,” and “freedom” have come under suspicion in the post–Civil Rights era, political discussions on the Left have reached an impasse. \u003cem\u003eFugitive Thought \u003c\/em\u003ereexamines and reinvigorates these concepts through a fresh approach to philosophies of justice and freedom, combining the study of legal theory and of prison literature to show how the critiques and moral visions of dissidents and participants in prison movements can contribute to the shaping and realization of workable ethical conceptions.\u003cem\u003e Fugitive Thought\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on writings by black and Latina\/o lawyers and prisoners to flesh out the philosophical underpinnings of ethical claims within legal theory and prison activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694223520024,"sku":"9780816643141","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fugitive-thought-prison-movements-race-and-the-meaning-of-justice-paperback-softback-9780816643141","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}