Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 428 g
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
New Responses in a Changing World
Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 428 g
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-138-71565-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Originally published in 2003. Western attitudes to crime were in the past rooted in concepts of sin, and therefore of hopes for redemption and forgiveness. So what happens - to offenders and society as a whole - in a world where people no longer talk of sin but of evil. If hopes of redemption go too, will revenge take the place of forgiveness? Kay Carmichael explores these dilemmas in this topical and provocative book. She traces the stories of Myra Hindley, Mary Bell, Sarah Payne, James Bulger and his killers, comparing public responses to such crimes in various Western countries. Art and literature are examined for the light they throw on the evolution of our ideas about sin and forgiveness - from Rembrandt to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Samuel Becket, Dali and writings inspired by the Holocaust. Turning to our own day, Carmichael discusses the emergence of structural sins or 'iniquities' in which we may all find ourselves involved: poverty, slavery, violence and war are her themes. Her analysis leaves her sceptical about many contemporary appeals for forgiveness, but hopeful about ideas of restorative justice.
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Introduction; Narratives of a modern dilemma; Responses to sin and forgiveness in art and literature; The move to a contemporary view of sin; Contemporary perspectives on forgiveness; The persistence and intensification of structural sin; How do we live together? Final conclusions.
