Simmons University

POLS386 - 01 - Prisons in Political Thought

Credits

4.0

Term

Sep 2 - Dec 13

Open Seats

18 of 25

Schedule

Mon 11:00am – 1:50pm

Course Type

Lecture

Location

In Person

Section

01

Faculty

Lena Zuckerwise

Prerequisites

CR: Complete POLS 103

Description

This course is about the carceral system in political thought. Drawing heavily on the writings of incarcerated people in the US, we will consider continuities between slavery and prisons; the ways prisons figure prominently into the society from which they are isolated; and how they function today as a racial regime.