Punishment and shame : a philosophical study / Wendy C. Hamblet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamblet, Wendy C., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Punishment--Philosophy.

Punishment.

Punishment--Moral and ethical aspects.

Shame--Philosophy.

Shame.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28760-5

1-283-61696-3

1-4616-3407-5

9786613929419

OCLC:

855502429