This book explores the work of criminologist Colin Sumner. It re-presents his arguments and ideas on Marxism, ideology, censure, deviance, crime, underdevelopment, social control and the media; situating them in their wider social context. Moxon argues that Sumner should be restored within the criminology discipline as a pioneer who has produced works of great theoretical sophistication and insight. By systematically considering SumnerOs entire output, the book shows how his thought involved a gradually deepening understanding of his core notion of ideological censure. His writing is also marked by a growing unease with the effects of late modern capitalism and the quagmire of censoriousness rife in the 21st century. This book makes clear that SumnerOs work was remarkably prescient, and his ideas may help up to make sense of complicated times.
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Sumner and ideological censureContext Sumner's concept of ideological censureTo Cambridge Chapter 3: After censureSumner as criticSumner as theorist of underdevelopmentSumner as media analystSumner as theorist of censureShifting sands Chapter 4: Sumner and the death of devianceThe Obituary in briefObservations on the Obituary Chapter 5: After the death of devianceContinued theoretical developmentCensure in the textbooksA return to old themesA retirement of sortsThe continuing controversy over the Obituary Chapter 6: Sumner and the looking glassCensure and the 2011 riotsMeasure for MeasureA return to first principlesThrough the looking glass Chapter 7: After Sumner?Sumner's work as a cumulative projectA commitment to theorySumner and MarxismTowards moral renewal?Sumner's influenceThe future
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