Existential Dimensions in the Socio-Legal Sphere: Introduction

Authors

  • Ronnie Lippens Keele University
  • James Hardie-Bick University of Sussex

Keywords:

Existentialism, jurisprudence, governance, criminal justice, indeterminacy, Existencialismo, jurisprudencia, gobernanza, justicia penal, indeterminación

Abstract

This introduction addresses the relevance of existentialist philosophy for understanding the indeterminacies and instabilities of late-modern society. Whilst existentialist thought is often misunderstood and subsequently unexplored, all the contributors to this special edition accept the basic premise that human existence is inescapably contingent and indeterminate. This introduction provides a short overview of the articles and reflects on themes such as destabilization and reintegration. All the articles are based on contributions to the workshop 'Law, Jurisprudence, Governance and Existential Indeterminacy', held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain, 23-24 May 2013.

Esta introducción aborda la relevancia de la filosofía existencialista para comprender las indeterminaciones e inestabilidades de la sociedad tardía. Aunque a menudo el pensamiento existencialista se ha malentendido y por consiguiente, no se ha explorado, todos los participantes de este número especial aceptan la premisa básica de que la existencia humana es ineludiblemente contingente e indeterminada. Esta introducción ofrece un breve resumen de los artículos y reflexiona sobre temas como la desestabilización y reintegración. Todos los artículos se basan en las presentaciones del workshop 'Law, Jurisprudence, Governance and Existential Indeterminacy', celebrado en el Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica, Onati, España, los días 23-24 de mayo de 2013.

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Author Biographies

Ronnie Lippens, Keele University

Ronnie Lippens is Professor of Criminology at Keele University. His research interests include critical and visual criminology, and focus in particular on the study and analysis of expressions of emerging forms of life/governance in what could be called 'prophetic' works of art. Keele University. School of Sociology and Criminology. Keele. Staffordshire. ST5 5BG. United Kingdom. r.lippens@keele.ac.uk

James Hardie-Bick, University of Sussex

James Hardie-Bick is Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Sussex. His research interests include social theory, self-identity, violence and transgression. University of Sussex. School of Law, Politics and Sociology. Friston Building. University of Sussex. Brighton. BN1 9SP United Kingdom. J.P.Hardie-Bick@sussex.ac.uk

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Published

30-06-2015

How to Cite

Lippens, R. and Hardie-Bick, J. (2015) “Existential Dimensions in the Socio-Legal Sphere: Introduction”, Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 5(3), pp. 846–849. Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/663 (Accessed: 19 November 2024).

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2015): Existential Dimensions in the Socio-Legal Sphere

Section

Introduction

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