Killing Times: The Temporal Technology of the Death Penalty by David Wills

Killing Times: The Temporal Technology of the Death Penalty

David Wills

288 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction literary philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Killing Times begins with the deceptively simple observation--made by Jacques Derrida in his seminars on the topic--that the death penalty mechanically interrupts mortal time by preempting the typical mortal experience of not knowing at what preci...

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