Outlaws have been prominent actors in a social context which is characterized by collective dissent, conflict, and violence. Bandits, brigands, and militants emerged in societies with the decline of social justice, political stability, and economic prosperity. Their emergence and social networks with different actors and agencies provide us principal motives to deconstruct the social identity of outlaws and determine the factors that fostered collective dissent, conflict, and violence in different societies. This special issue covers a vast geography and different time periods to theoretically and methodologically advance our knowledge in the historical sociology of outlaws. In doing so, we address complex social, political, and cultural issues that rendered outlaws inextricable part of social problems. Exploring the power and activities of outlaws in different social geographies offers us new perspectives to tackle the origins and outcomes of social, political, and cultural dissent across the world.

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强盗、强盗和好战分子：不法之徒的历史社会学

在以集体异议、冲突和暴力为特征的社会背景下，不法分子一直是突出的角色。随着社会正义、政治稳定和经济繁荣的衰退，土匪、强盗和武装分子出现在社会中。他们的出现以及与不同行为者和机构的社会网络为我们解构不法分子的社会身份和确定在不同社会中引发集体异议、冲突和暴力的因素提供了主要动机。本期特刊涵盖了广阔的地理范围和不同的时间段，以从理论上和方法上推进我们对不法之徒历史社会学的了解。在这样做的过程中，我们解决了复杂的社会、政治和文化问题，这些问题使社会问题中不可分割的一部分成为非法。