Punishment

Authors

  • Didier Fassin Institute for Advanced Study de Princeton, USA et  EHESS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.103

Keywords:

Genealogy, Utilitarism, Retributivism, Inequalities, Penalties, Morality, Law, Justice, Human rights

Abstract

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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Published

2019-04-23