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Punishment and Culture

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Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226766096
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 224
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. marts 2008
  • Størrelse:
  • 16x24x2 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 425 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine.

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