Prisons as War: Toward a Political Theology of Revolutionary Abolition
Prisons reveal a demonic holy war waged for the gods of U.S. racial capitalism. Drawing upon anthropologist Orisanmi Burton's study of the "Long Attica Revolt," as the circulation of rebellion that was organized in and beyond New York state prisons in the 1960s and early 1970s, I argu...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2025, Issue: 3, Pages: 37-44 |
| Further subjects: | B
Capital Punishment
B Prisons B Commercial and Institutional Building Construction B Federal correctional services B Racial capitalism B Correctional Institutions B Provincial correctional services |
| Summary: | Prisons reveal a demonic holy war waged for the gods of U.S. racial capitalism. Drawing upon anthropologist Orisanmi Burton's study of the "Long Attica Revolt," as the circulation of rebellion that was organized in and beyond New York state prisons in the 1960s and early 1970s, I argue that revolutionary abolition of prisons demands that we listen, learn from, and follow the crucified black revolutionaries behind the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising. Revolutionary praxis of abolition that enacts solidarity with and for criminalized and crucified peoples in our midst is the only way out of this impasse. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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