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.
| ISBN-13: | 9780739149379 |
| ISBN-10: | 0739149377 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication date: | 2011-01-01 |
| Pages: | 202 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9.13 Inches, Length: 6.09 Inches, Weight: 0.72973008722 Pounds, Width: 0.51 Inches |
| Author: | Wendy C. Hamblet |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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