Payback: The Case for Revenge

by Thane Rosenbaum

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We call it justice--the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers like Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Madoff, and the climactic slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call it revenge? We are told that revenge is uncivilized and immoral, an impulse that individuals and societies should actively repress and replace with the order and codes of courtroom justice. What, if anything,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226726614

ISBN13:9780226726618

Release Date:April 2013

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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Law Social Psychology & Interactions Social Science Social Sciences

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