The Spectacle of Suffering: Executions and the Evolution of Repression: From a Preindustrial metropolis to the European Experience - Tapa dura

Spierenburg, Pieter

 
9780521261869: The Spectacle of Suffering: Executions and the Evolution of Repression: From a Preindustrial metropolis to the European Experience
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ISBN 10: 0521261864 ISBN 13: 9780521261869
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Sinopsis

Pieter Spierenburg traces the long period of evolution that gave rise to the modern debate about punishment, and relates it to the development of Western European society.

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Present-day unease about the treatment of lawbreakers has deep historical roots. Pieter Spierenburg traces the long period of evolution that gave rise to the modern debate about punishment, and relates it to the development of Western European society. He argues that two elements, the public character of punishment and its infliction of physical suffering, were originally at the heart of the penal system. From the sixteenth century onwards, however, these elements began to decline. Spierenburg explains that this development reflected a wider change of attitudes which, in turn, was related to changes in society at large. The book deals successively with each of the parties involved in public executions: the hangman, the magistrates, the crowd, and the victim. Among the themes dicussed are the infamous reputation of the excutioner, the functions of ceremonial, and the social background of those about to suffer.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1984
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521261864
ISBN 13 
9780521261869
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
286
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Avery
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