Approaching the criminal system through Roberto Esposito
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Roberto Esposito. Criminal system. Immunization. Community. Restorative justice.Abstract
This essay suggests as fruitful an approach to the criminal system through the work of Roberto Esposito, especially by using two recurring concepts of the Italian philosopher’s thinking: immunization and community. At first, it demonstrates the proximity between punishment and the immunitary logic. By using the appropriation mechanism, the political community internalizes what it wishes to be protected from, operating through negativities. The harmful element of punishment allocates violence in a controlled space, creating a form of mediation for the protection of what is common. This strategy creates the perennial risk of self-destruction in the form of autoimmune crisis. Then, as a warning to the promising writings about restorative practices, this essay points at the danger of essentializing the notion of community. According to Roberto Esposito, perceiving the meaning of community demands a departure from the modern political-philosophical lexicon. Otherwise, the concept of community itself would be perverted.
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