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Explore how punishment has captivated audiences throughout history in this Routledge Advances in Criminology volume. Drawing on contemporary philosophical arguments, this book traces the complex relationship between punishment and pleasure across distinct historical periods: ancient Greece, medieval Catholic Europe, early-modern absolutist states, and the post-1968 Western world. From watching tragedies and contemplating hell to attending executions and imagining prisons, the author examines how these experiences generated pleasure in observers whilst simultaneously raising moral questions. The book investigates which desires were satisfied through punishment spectacles and what the nature of that enjoyment revealed about society, culture, and human psychology. A scholarly examination of how punishment practices intersected with entertainment, morality, and social control across centuries.

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The Pleasure of Punishment examines historical contexts where punishment provided audiences with pleasure across four distinct time periods and cultures.

This Routledge Advances in Criminology title explores philosophical arguments about the moral implications of enjoying punishment spectacles.

The book traces punishment practices from ancient Greek tragedies through medieval religious contemplation to modern imaginaries of imprisonment.

Investigates which human desires were satisfied by punishment experiences and what this reveals about historical societies and their values.

Combines historical analysis with philosophical inquiry to address why punishment has held fascination for audiences throughout Western civilisation.

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Release Date
19 March 2021
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30 October 2020

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