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<p>In <i>The Idea of Abolition</i>, Tommie Shelby traces the prison abolition movement in the U.S. to 1960s Black radical politics, a politics based in war metaphors and isolationist anti-state ideology. While an understandable response to government persecution of mid-twentieth century Black activists, anti-state ideology is a poor fit for the Black communities of the present. Something similar can be said about a prison abolition politics that broadly rejects the notion that criminal detention has a role to play—however limited—within the broader project of rehabilitating beleaguered Black residential communities.</p>

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The Reach of Legal Cynicism: A Comment on Tommie Shelby’s The Idea of Prison Abolition

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    2025年6月26日

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  • Trevor George Gardner

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In The Idea of Abolition, Tommie Shelby traces the prison abolition movement in the U.S. to 1960s Black radical politics, a politics based in war metaphors and isolationist anti-state ideology. While an understandable response to government persecution of mid-twentieth century Black activists, anti-state ideology is a poor fit for the Black communities of the present. Something similar can be said about a prison abolition politics that broadly rejects the notion that criminal detention has a role to play—however limited—within the broader project of rehabilitating beleaguered Black residential communities.