Punishment
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https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.103Keywords:
Genealogy, Utilitarism, Retributivism, Inequalities, Penalties, Morality, Law, Justice, Human rightsAbstract
Punishment is supposed to be the just response, administered by an instituted authority, to a violation of laws or norms, and this response is based on the infliction of suffering. The article examines this concept through genealogical, ethnographic and sociological inquiry.
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