Remembering and Disremembering the Dead: Posthumous Punishment, Harm and Redemption over Time (Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife)
Floris Tomasini explores how the dead are remembered and disremembered over time. Focusing on posthumous punishment, harm, and redemption, this historical study examines the criminal corpse and its afterlife, offering a focused perspective on the enduring relationship between death, memory, and justice.
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Remembering and Disremembering the Dead examines the ways the dead are remembered, forgotten, and represented over time.
The book focuses on posthumous punishment, harm, and redemption, bringing these themes into conversation with the history of the criminal corpse and its afterlife.
It considers how judgments and consequences can extend beyond death, and how remembrance may shape understandings of justice and moral accountability.
Published in the Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife series, this work explores the continuing historical significance of the dead.
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