Freedom Inside?: Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State

ISBN-13: 9780190070090 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 368 str.

Associate P Farah (Associate Professor of Political Science

Recenzje

Through the lens of a four-year ethnography as a yoga and meditation instructor in prison, Godrej explores the insidious culture of individual responsibility, the widespread acceptance of responsibilization assumptions by people who volunteer in prison rehabilitation programs, and the limited but real possibilities for institutional reform and individual redemption. These are complex, abstract, and often demoralizing arguments, but Godrej brings them to life with real people, described vividly, engaged compassionately.

O autorze

Farah Godrej is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. Her areas of research and teaching include Indian political thought, Gandhi's political thought, cosmopolitanism, globalization and comparative political theory. She also studies contemporary issues such as environmental justice, food politics, and mass incarceration. She is the author of Cosmopolitan Political Thought: Method, Practice, Discipline, and her research has appeared in many journals, including Political Theory, Political Research Quarterly, Theory & Event, The Review of Politics, and Polity.