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Art, Crime and Madness
Gesualdo, Caravaggio, Genet, Van Gogh, Artaud
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Shlomo Giora Shoham has been awarded the Israel Prize for 2003, for his contribution to the study of criminology. He is a widely published author on crime, deviance, philosophy, religion, psychology and the human personality. He lectures worldwide, and has recently been resident at the universities of Oxford and Harvard, and at the Sorbonne.
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“Broad intellectual range, curiosity, deep and profound knowledge and authenticity. The whole spirit of Shlomo Shoham’s reasoning is both refreshing and challenging. A great book!” Dr. Manfred Wimmer, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
“Those who have grown weary of the staleness and triteness of conventional criminology will find much that is fresh in Professor Shoham's compelling study. He shows with admirable detail and conviction how art, crime, and madness emerge from the existential projects of deviants and agents of social control alike. Professor Shoham has exquisitely prepared his flavor of interdisciplinary criminology in this volume.” Gregory J. Howard, Western Michigan University
Art, Crime and Madness explores the relationship between creative innovation, deviance and morbidity by historical case studies of the madrigalist Don Carlo Gesualdo, prince of Venosa, the painter Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio, Jean Genet the homosexual thief, Vincent Van Gogh, and Antonin Artaud, the revolutionary cinema director.
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Publication Details
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ISBN: |
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9781903900055 h/c |
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9781903900062 p/b |
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224 pp. / 229 x 152 mm |
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Release Date: |
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March 2003 |
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No |
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Hardback Price: |
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£45.00 / $65.00 |
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Paperback Price: |
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£16.95 / $24.95 |
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