The Right to Life: A History of Capital Punishment
12 hrs. 45 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Tamara Eidelman
Author
Tamara Eidelman
Narrator
Maria Ermakova
Narrator
Maria Ermakova
Description
Sacrifices, blood feuds, executions—these forms of legalized taking of a person’s life by other people have existed since ancient times, and all of them were considered necessary. Historian Tamara Eydelman tells how and for what reasons people were executed and continue to be executed in different countries around the world, what arguments were put forward at different times by supporters and defenders of the death penalty, and how ordinary citizens, politicians, philosophers, writers, and artists have viewed it.
As examples, she discusses events from Antiquity to the present, including famous trials of the 20th century: over Irish rebels, over Marshal Pétain and other figures of the Vichy regime, over Andrei Chikatilo. The purpose of this historical excursion is to find an answer to the question: is the state allowed—even in the name of higher, noble goals—to take a person’s life?
As examples, she discusses events from Antiquity to the present, including famous trials of the 20th century: over Irish rebels, over Marshal Pétain and other figures of the Vichy regime, over Andrei Chikatilo. The purpose of this historical excursion is to find an answer to the question: is the state allowed—even in the name of higher, noble goals—to take a person’s life?
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