{"product_id":"9780745653495","title":"Violence and Punishment Civilizing the Body Through Time","description":"\u003ch1\u003eViolence and Punishment\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCivilizing the Body Through Time\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePieter Spierenburg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Criminology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories  of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all  connected. Taking the decline of violence and the transformation of  punishment as its guiding themes, the book highlights key dynamics of  historical and social change, and charts how a refinement and civilizing  of manners, and new forms of celebration and festival, accompanied the  decline of violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePieter Spierenburg, a leading figure in historical criminology,  skillfully extends his view over three continents, back to the middle  ages and even beyond to the Stone Age. Ranging along the way from murder  to etiquette, from social control to popular culture, from religion to  death, and from honor to prisons, every chapter creatively uses the  theories of Norbert Elias, while also engaging with the work of Foucault  and Durkheim.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe scope and rigor of the analysis will strongly interest scholars  of criminology, history, and sociology, while the accessible style and  the intriguing stories on which the book builds will appeal to anyone  interested in the history of violence and punishment in civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003ePIETER SPIERENBURG\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Historical Criminology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA History of Murder: Personal Violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 2008).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745653495\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44312816648332,"sku":"9780745653495","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745653495_f33fefab-473d-49af-b8eb-ed63056ae8b1.jpg?v=1780157915","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745653495","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}