Punishment and shame
Subtitle: a philosophical study
By: Wendy C. Hamblet
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780739149362; 9780739149379
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Justice and the cosmic order in Greek mythology; title: Justice and punishment in Greek tragedy; title: Honor and shame in the heroic worldview; title: Justice and punishment in classical Athens; title: From avenging to healing; title: Shame as witness to education; title: Plato's revolutionary penology; title: The science of penal measure; title: Toward a Christian philosophy of punishment; title: From karitas to penal spectacle; title: The business of punishment; title: Modernity's shameful penology; title: Shame, social injustice, and the poor's right to crime.