Balzac and the Crimes of the Powerful

Vincenzo Ruggiero
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Vincenzo Ruggiero: School of Law, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UK

Societies, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: This paper proposes a journey through some of the many novels written by Honoré de Balzac, through the mythic constitution of his world, his epic, which summons up the same recurrent circle of figures: his “human comedy” will offer surprising insights for a better understanding of the crimes of the powerful.

Keywords: power; crime; criminal criminologists; ruthlessness; interests; spectres (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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