Citizens Without Shelter
Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion
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Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7848544M
- ISBN-139780801441240
- ISBN-100801441242
- OCLC Control Number53476873
- OCLC Control Numbercitizenswithouts00feld
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003024990
- LibraryThing411170
Classifications
- LCCHV4505.F45 2004
Description
"One of the most troubling aspects of the politics of homelessness, Leonard C. Feldman contends, is the reduction of the homeless to what Hannah Arendt calls "the abstract nakedness of humanity" and what Giorgio Agamben terms "bare life." Feldman argues that the politics of alleged compassion and the politics of those interested in ridding public spaces of the homeless are linked fundamentally in their assumption that homeless people are less than citizens. Feldman's book brings political theories together (including theories of sovereign power, justice, and pluralism) with discussions of real-world struggles and close analyses of legal cases concerning the rights of the homeless."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Defenders of punitive policies such as panhandling restrictions, public-sleeping and sidewalk-sitting bans, and police sweeps of homeless encampments tend to justify these policies with reference to a vision of the homeless "profane outlaws," disorderly and unconstrained subjects who require the discipline of the laws.
Subjects
Other Editions
- Citizens Without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion
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