Ronnie Lippens

“Ronnie Lippens is a shining beacon of critical thinking and humanistic scholarship.”
—Bruce Arrigo , The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US.  
“...his refreshingly in-depth insights and acute clarity await the attentive reader.”
—Dragan Milovanovic , Northeastern Illinois University, US.
“His prolific work…has alerted us to the importance of language, meaning, history, the visual, emotional and sensory in the social construction of law, justice and censure.”
—Colin Sumner , University of East London, UK.
“This important book traces…his achievement in restoring to critical criminology its intrinsic value, while sustaining the desire for a more just and sustainable world.”
—Teresa Degenhardt , Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
This collection introduces readers to three decades of Ronnie Lippens’ research and writing and his multifaceted contribution to the social sciences and humanities. It focusses on five of his key themes, the respective relationships between critical criminological practice and hypermodernity, rhetorical discourse, poststructural theory, Luciferianism, and the ethics of care. The chapters are written by former colleagues of Lippens who are respected academics with international reputations of their own, from England, Italy, and Brazil across the disciplines of criminology, sociology, philosophy, and legal studies. Each contributor offers their own perspective on one theme in an essay original to this collection. The book encourages readers to engage with and learn from Lippens’ effortless synthesis of social science and philosophy in their own studies of crime, harm, deviance, and justice. 
Rafe McGregor is Reader in Criminology at Edge Hill University, UK.
Jessica Dreworth is Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool, UK.