A Philosophical History of Police Power by Dr Melayna Kay Lamb (English) Hardcov

Description: A Philosophical History of Police Power by Dr Melayna Kay Lamb Rethinking the philosophical grounds of police power, Melayna Lamb argues that traditional ideas of sovereignty and the law need to be radically re-evaluated. In placing police at the centre of analysis this book demonstrates the manner in which police power exists in a complex and overlapping relationship with sovereignty and law in a form which is not reducible to implementation. In doing this it argues for the centrality of order in any consideration of police and challenging a common narrative whereby a dynamic, interventionist sovereign power that follows from a belief of order as artificial is replaced by a liberal, limited non-interventionist sovereign power that proceeds from a natural order. Moving through thinkers such as Hobbes, Hegel and Adam Smith the book argues that police power is in fact an-archic in form, in a manner that makes it impossible to hold accountable through the law.Lamb adopts an interdisciplinary approach that turns to philosophy to make sense of global events that see police power at their centre. This includes the history of police brutality in the US, the structural injustices made more apparent by COVID-19 and the growing calls to abolish the police. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Melayna Kay Lamb is a Lecturer at the University of Law, London, UK. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsIntroduction Sovereign Police? Oikonomia The end of Oikonomia? The Argument The Structure Prologue: Foucault, Smith and Disappearing PoliceArchaeology and Order Biopolitics, Discipline and Order Order: Physis or Nomos? 1. Sovereignty and Fear: Hobbes and the Production of Order The Political Animal vs. the Wolf (Dis)order, Teleology and the Life of the State Living and Living WellThe Splitting of Power 2. Hegel and Police: On the Relation between Universal and Particular The Hegelian State Hegels Polizei Fichtes Police Hegel on Fichtes Police Polizei, Police, Police-Power Violence, Nature and Hegels Emergency3. Law, Sovereignty and the Exception: Benjamin and Modern PoliceSchmitts SovereignThe Transcendent made Immanent: Benjamins responseViolence and CritiqueBenjamins PoliceForce of Law4. The Anarchy of Order: Agamben and the PoliceDivided Power and OikonomiaFate, Government and Collateral EffectsThe Signature of OrderThe An-archic Character of Police PowerPotentiality, Exceptionality, Police5. da Silva: Nature, Necessity and ViolenceThe Racial and the ModernPolice Power and Colonial BoomerangsRevisiting the State of NatureTime and Anti-Black ViolenceConcluding RemarksBibliography Review Melaynas Lambs groundbreaking work demonstrates that the police are never about justice but rather straddle the gap between what the law purports to be and the requirement to control various populations. Far from being a supplement to sovereign power, Lamb shows that the police are the foundation of that power. * James Martel, Professor, San Francisco State University, USA *A striking new voice in the field, Melayna Lamb develops an extraordinary theorisation of the formlessness and an-archic nature of police power. * Illan rua Wall, Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UK *In this must-read book, Lamb brings much needed philosophical precision to recent scholarship on policing. Patiently unpicking the prevalent view that police reproduce specific forms of order, Lamb charts a way past dead-end theories like the colonial boomerang to contend with the an-archy that is characteristic of police power itself. * James Trafford, Reader in Philosophy & Design, University of the Creative Arts, UK * Promotional An examination of key moments in the history of Western political philosophy to unearth the relationship between police and sovereign power. Details ISBN1350204048 Language English ISBN-10 1350204048 ISBN-13 9781350204041 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 1 b/w illus Year 2024 AU Release Date 2024-01-25 NZ Release Date 2024-01-25 UK Release Date 2024-02-08 Author Dr Melayna Kay Lamb Publication Date 2024-02-08 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 232 DEWEY 342.041801 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158148455;

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