Description
From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.
That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we've organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish the police after George Floyd's death surprised almost everyone. What, exactly, does abolition mean? How did we get here? And what does property have to do with it? In On Property, Rinaldo Walcott explores the long shadow cast by slavery's afterlife and shows how present-day abolitionists continue the work of their forebears in service of an imaginative, creative philosophy that ensures freedom and equality for all. Thoughtful, wide-ranging, compassionate, and profound, On Property makes an urgent plea for a new ethics of care.
Author: Rinaldo Walcott
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781771964074
ISBN10: 1771964073
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Property
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Social Science | Essays
About the Author
Rinaldo Walcott is a Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. His research is in the area of Black Diaspora Cultural Studies, gender and sexuality.