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Solitary Confinement
Social Death and Its Afterlives
Book • 2013
Lisa Guenther's book provides a philosophical analysis of solitary confinement, tracing its history from early penitentiary systems to modern supermax prisons.
It explores how solitary confinement diminishes relationality, leading to social and mental disintegration, and argues for collective resistance against such practices.
The book draws on phenomenology to understand the devastating effects of isolation on prisoners' perceptions and identities.
It explores how solitary confinement diminishes relationality, leading to social and mental disintegration, and argues for collective resistance against such practices.
The book draws on phenomenology to understand the devastating effects of isolation on prisoners' perceptions and identities.
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