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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785915103321

Autore

Hamblet Wendy C. <1949->

Titolo

Punishment and shame [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical study / / Wendy C. Hamblet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-61696-3

1-4616-3407-5

9786613929419

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/6

Soggetti

Punishment - Philosophy

Punishment - Moral and ethical aspects

Shame - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Justice and the cosmic order in Greek mythology -- Justice and punishment in Greek tragedy -- Honor and shame in the heroic worldview -- Justice and punishment in classical Athens -- From avenging to healing -- Shame as witness to education -- Plato's revolutionary penology -- The science of penal measure -- Toward a Christian philosophy of punishment -- From karitas to penal spectacle -- The business of punishment -- Modernity's shameful penology -- Shame, social injustice, and the poor's right to crime.

Sommario/riassunto

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 that punishment practices in the West grew out of Protestant moralizations, capitalist greed, and the need for a cheap labor pool.