Description
Book SynopsisIncorporates sources from philosophy, criminology, psychology, and history to argue that Dostoevsky's thinking about punishment was shaped not only by his Christian ethics but also by the debates on penal theory and practice unfolding during his lifetime.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Scaffold and the Rod: Dostoevsky on the Death Penalty and Corporal Punishment
- Chapter 2 : "Squaring the Circle": The Justice of Punishment
- Chapter 3: Foregoing Punishment: Dostoevsky’s Third Category and the Case of Ekaterina Kornilova
- Chapter 4: "A Mummy" or a "Resurrected" Self?
- Chapter 5: "India Rubber," the "Living Soul," and the Process of Moral Change
- Chapter 6: Approximations of Justice: The Novel in the Courtroom
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
