Stephan Martin Scheuzger: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
Name | PD Dr. Stephan Martin Scheuzger |
Field | Newer and Newest History |
Address | Institut für Geschichte ETH Zürich, RZ G 16.1 Clausiusstrasse 59 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
stephanmartin.scheuzger@gess.ethz.ch | |
Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
Relationship | Privatdozent |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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851-0518-00L | Techniques of Modern Punishment – a Global History | 3 credits | 2V | S. M. Scheuzger | |
Abstract | The course deals with the essential role of techniques in the developments of modern penal regimes in a global perspective, from the 18th century to present. The discussion focusses on confinement, from the individual cell to electronic tagging. Techniques of death penalty, corporal punishment, or forced labour in their social contexts, however, are subject of presentation as well. | ||||
Learning objective | A) The students know central developments of modern punishment in their global entanglements. B) They are familiar with relevant penal techniques and their role in these developments. C) They are able to assess them in their social contexts. |