Punishment and shame a philosophical study /

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Main Author: Hamblet, Wendy C., 1949-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.