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Punishment, politics and culture / edited by Austin Sarat, Patricia Ewick.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Sarat, Austin.
Ewick, Patricia.
Series:
Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 30.
Studies in law, politics, and society, 1059-4337 ; v. 30
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Punishment.
Justice, Administration of--Philosophy.
Justice, Administration of.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (297 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Jai, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Beginning with an overview of the history and philosophy of punishment, these articles explore penal practices in the modern state and the deeper philosophical and social aspects of retributive justice.
Contents:
Revisiting the history and philosophy of punishment. "Pattern penitence" : penitential narrative and moral reform discourse in nineteenth-century Britain / Anna Kaladiouk
"Foremost among the prerogatives of sovereignty" : the power to punish and the death of comity in American criminal law / Karl B. Shoemaker
Punishment, institutions, and justfications / Leo Zaibert
Philosophical theories of punishment and the history of prison reform / Christopher Sturr. Penal practices in the modern state. Hitched to the post : prison labor, choice, and citizenship / Keally McBride
Perhaps all pain is punishment : community corrections and the hyperghetto / William Lyons
How science matters : discourse on deterrence in a death penalty debate / Theodore Sasson. Representing punishment in literature and popular culture. Executing sentences in Lolita and the law / Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
The psychic life of punishment (Kant, Nietzsche, Freud) / Klaus Mladek
Victim stories : documenting pain, punishment, prison and power / Alexandra Juhasz
Remote justice : tuning in to small claims, race, and the reinvigoration of civic judgment / Valerie Karno.
Notes:
"Special volume"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-281-01635-7
9786611016357
0-08-047405-5
OCLC:
437177052
Publisher Number:
9780762310722

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