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Incorporates 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

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        Publisher: Northwestern University Press
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780810144484, 978-0810144484
        ISBN10: 0810144484
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Incorporates 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

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