Geltner G. Geltner 
Flogging Others [EPUB ebook] 
Corporal Punishment and Cultural Identity from Antiquity to the Present

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Corporal punishment is often seen as a litmus test for a society’s degree of civilization. Its licit use purports to separate modernity from premodernity, enlightened from barbaric cultures. As Geltner argues, however, neither did the infliction of bodily pain typify earlier societies nor did it vanish from penal theory, policy, or practice. Far from displaying a steady decline that accelerated with the Enlightenment, physical punishment was contested throughout Antiquity and the ...

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Taal Engels ● Formaat EPUB ● Pagina’s 120 ● ISBN 9789048525959 ● Uitgeverij Amsterdam University Press ● Gepubliceerd 2014 ● Downloadbare 3 keer ● Valuta EUR ● ID 4059336 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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