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The Conception of Punishment in Early Indian Literature
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterloo :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- TRANSLITERATIONS AND TEXTUAL REFERENCES
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION: LITERARY SOURCES OF THE INDIAN CONCEPTION OF PUNISHMENT
- PART I. METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDIAN CONCEPTION OF PUNISHMENT
- Chapter 1. The Concept of Rightness
- A. Rta
- B. Agents of Rta
- C. Rta and Divine Punishment
- Chapter 2. The Concept of Obligation
- A. Dharma
- B. Dharma and Deity
- C. Dharma and Sovereignty
- D. Dharma and Dandaniti
- E. Dharma and Penal Justice
- Chapter 3. The Concept of Retribution
- A. Karma and Moral CausationB. Karma and God
- C. The Ethicality of Karma
- PART II. ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF PUNISHMENT
- A. Imputable Actions
- B. Criminal Motive
- C. Moral Responsibility
- D. Forgiveness, Retribution, and Revenge
- E. Form and Function in Punishment
- PART III. RETRIBUTION IN HUMAN EXPERIENCE
- Chapter 4. Spatial Conditions of Retribution
- A. The Twenty-one Hells
- B. This Earthly Purgatory
- C. Retribution Bodies
- D. Society and Community
- Chapter 5. Penal Instruments of Retribution
- A. Divine Afflictions
- B. Judicial PenaltiesC. Curses, Oaths, and Ordeals
- Chapter 6. Modes of Self-Retribution
- A. Punitive Asceticism
- B. Penitential Punishment
- C. Expiational Suicide
- D. Sacrificial and Devotional Expiation
- CONCLUSION: THE STRUCTURE OF PUNISHMENT
- NOTES
- SELECTED REFERENCES
- GLOSSARY
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- INDEX
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