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Punishment and Shame : a Philosophical Study.

Punishment and Shame: A Philosophical Study reveals the economic and religious underpinnings to modern notions of crime and punishment. Contra Michel Foucault's claim that modern penal practices witness a revolution in Western moral sensibilities, awakened by Enlightenment ideals, Hamblet shows...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamblet, Wendy C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: Ancient Ideas about Justice and Punishment; Chapter 1: Justice and the Cosmic Order in Greek Mythology; Chapter 2: Justice and Punishment in Greek Tragedy; Chapter 3: Honor and Shame in the Heroic Worldview; Chapter 4: Justice and Punishment in Classical Athens; Part Two: Plato's Revolutionary Penology; Chapter 5: From Avenging to Healing; Chapter 6: Shame as Witness to Education; Chapter 7: Plato's Revolutionary Penology; Part Three: From Punitive Science to Public Spectacle; Chapter 8: The Science of Penal Measure.
  • Chapter 9: A Christian PenologyChapter 10: From Karitas to Penal Spectacle; Part Four: A Modern Penology of Shame; Chapter 11: The Business of Punishment; Chapter 12: Modernity's Shameful Penology; Chapter 13: Shame, Social Injustice, and the Poor's Right to Crime; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.