Punishment and shame a philosophical study

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Justice and the cosmic order in Greek mythology -- Justice and punishment in Greek tragedy -- Honor and shame in the heroic worldview -- Justice and punishment in classical Athens -- From avenging to healing -- Shame as witness to education -- Plato's revolutionary penology -- The science of penal measure -- Toward a Christian philosophy of punishment -- From karitas to penal spectacle -- The business of punishment -- Modernity's shameful penology -- Shame, social injustice, and the poor's right to crime.