Silently Silenced

After reading Silently Silenced you will never view the ways of government in quite the same light again! A must-read for all people who are interested in democratic processes particularly in relation to criminology, sociology or the law. This is the first English edition of a work that has so far appeared only in Norwegian, Swedish and German - and that has been updated and by the author to include September 11 and other contemporary developments. A central theme of Silently Silenced...
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After reading Silently Silenced you will never view the ways of government in quite the same light again! A must-read for all people who are interested in democratic processes particularly in relation to criminology, sociology or the law. This is the first English edition of a work that has so far appeared only in Norwegian, Swedish and German - and that has been updated and by the author to include September 11 and other contemporary developments. A central theme of Silently Silenced is that there exist numerous silent, suave and imperceptible methods and processes of silencing opposition which are structural, do not have clear-cut limits but are subtly unbounded, they absorb opposition, they are the methods and processes of everyday life brought into the political realm . As Mathiesen points out, it is 'disturbingly clear how easily and imperceptibly we are transformed into acquiescent human beings . Silently Silenced concludes with a quest for a revitalisation of opposition and critique. A major work from an eminent commentator who is Professor of the Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo - and whose many books include the acclaimed Waterside Press publication Prison On Trial."