Richard Weisman

Showing Remorse (eBook, PDF)

Law and the Social Control of Emotion

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The primary focus of this work is, unlike previous studies, not on whether the wrongdoer meets our expectations over how and when remorse should be shown, but on how the community reacts when these expectations are met or not met. Using examples drawn from Canada, the United States, and South Africa, the author demonstrates that the showing of remorse is a site of negotiation and contention between differing groups. This study also shows that the process of deciding when and how remorse should be expressed contributes to the moral ordering of society as a whole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317055099
• Artikelnr.: 44873792

Autorenporträt

Richard Weisman is Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Science, Law and Society Program, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, and Department of Sociology, Glendon College, York University, in Toronto, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Towards a Constructionist Approach to the Study of Remorse,
Richard Weisman; Chapter 2 Being and Doing: The Judicial Use of Remorse to
Construct Character and Community, Richard Weisman; Chapter 3 Making
Monsters: Contemporary Uses of the Pathological Approach to Remorse,
Richard Weisman; Chapter 4 Defiance, Richard Weisman; Chapter 5 Remorse and
Social Transformation: Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission of South Africa, Richard Weisman; Chapter 6 The Social and Legal
Regulation of Remorse, Richard Weisman;