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Punishment and Shame
Wendy C. Hamblet
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Description for Punishment and Shame
Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Punishment is the imposition, by a legitimate authority, of a painful consequence upon one who has offended the social order by indulging in acts contrary to the social good. Punishment is understood to serve a primary objective in any society: it rehabilitates or reforms (re-forms or shapes anew) the psyches of social offenders to bring them in line with prevailing codes of behavior. Punishment thus is a highly conservative force, affirming simultaneously the codes of conduct deemed desirable within the society and the status quo of power relations that hold sway in the society. Punishment is a form of social ... Read more
Punishment is the imposition, by a legitimate authority, of a painful consequence upon one who has offended the social order by indulging in acts contrary to the social good. Punishment is understood to serve a primary objective in any society: it rehabilitates or reforms (re-forms or shapes anew) the psyches of social offenders to bring them in line with prevailing codes of behavior. Punishment thus is a highly conservative force, affirming simultaneously the codes of conduct deemed desirable within the society and the status quo of power relations that hold sway in the society. Punishment is a form of social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739149362
SKU
V9780739149362
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About Wendy C. Hamblet
Wendy C. Hamblet is associate professor of philosophy at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and director of Therapeia Ethics Consulting. She is author of The Lesser Good: the Problem of Justice in Plato and Levinas, Savage Constructions: The Myth of African Savagery, and The Sacred Monstrous: Reflections on Violence in Human Communities.
Reviews for Punishment and Shame
Hamblet's fine study is timely. She goes against the conservative tendency that, out of fear, reasserts a belief in punishment. By placing punishment and shame in historical and philosophical contexts, she brilliantly demonstrates that our treatment of criminals and the poor reveals more about us than it does about them.
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