Payback : the case for revenge / Thane Rosenbaum.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013Copyright date: �2013Description: 314 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226726618 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226726614 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K 5103 .R674 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- Running away from revenge -- Just deserts -- The emotions of revenge -- The science of mad -- Why we punish? -- Other cultures and revenge -- When self-help is permissible -- Release revenge.
Summary: Discusses how the desire for revenge is part of human nature and argues that revenge is synonymous with justice.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.

Introduction -- Running away from revenge -- Just deserts -- The emotions of revenge -- The science of mad -- Why we punish? -- Other cultures and revenge -- When self-help is permissible -- Release revenge.

Discusses how the desire for revenge is part of human nature and argues that revenge is synonymous with justice.

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