10. Conclusion: Failure and Abolition Democracy

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Part I. Elements of Social Death
5. 1. Crossing the Abyss: The Study of Social Death 3
6. 2. Natal Alienation 22
7. 3. Humiliation 40
8. Part II. Method and a History of Social Death
9. 4. Dissemblance and Creativity: Toward a Methodology for Studying State Violence 61
10. 5. Racism, Prison, and the Legacies of Slavery 75
11. 6. The Birth of the Penitentiary 91
12. Part III. Abolition Democracy
13. 7. “Doesn’t Everyone Know Someone in Prison or on Parole?” 107
14. 8. Spirit Murder: Reentry, Dispossession, and Enduring Stigma 115
15. 9. States of Grace: Social Life against Social Death 129
16. 10. Conclusion: Failure and Abolition Democracy 142
17. Notes 165
18. References 169
19. Index 187
20. About the Author 195