Personal identity in the modern world: a society of strangers
Auteur :
Friedman, Lawrence M.
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781538166840
Date de publication :
1 août 2022
Dimensions :
22,7 x 16,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
476 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible.