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- Title
Existential Boundary Crossings: An Archival Exploration of Identity Projects in Nineteenth-Century American Parricides.
- Authors
Shon, Phillip
- Abstract
As a domain of philosophical enquiry that examines what it means to be, existentialism is a moral project that is centered on the self. While a few have applied the precepts of existentialism to the philosophical implications of homicide offenders, one question that has been overlooked in previous literature is 'what is the offspring attempting to do by killing his/her parent(s)'? Using historical work on nineteenth century parricides in America, this paper examines parricide as an identity project.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NINETEENTH century; PARRICIDE; EXISTENTIALISM; CRIMINAL psychology; CRIMINOLOGY; HISTORY
- Publication
Human Studies, 2012, Vol 35, Issue 3, p445
- ISSN
0163-8548
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10746-012-9239-8