Richard
08-05-2010, 07:49
An interesting discussion.
Richard :munchin
Why Shaming Has Lost Power in China
NYT, 31 July 2010
The notion of shame -- or "losing face" -- is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture. During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, the authorities often used public humiliation as a tool of law enforcement and social control, including the practice of parading criminal suspects through the streets.
But recently the Chinese government banned the use of shaming by the police, after a popular protest carried out on the Internet objected to a series of “shame parades" that forced shackled prostitutes to walk in public.
The government told local police departments to enforce laws in a “rational, calm and civilized manner.” The shaming ban applies to a range of crimes like petty theft and robbery, as well as to prostitution.
Why is the government now willing to ban this practice? What's changed in Chinese society to make shaming unacceptable?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming
Why Prostitutes and Not Pimps? - Jerome A. Cohen is co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at the New York University School of Law and adjunct senior fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/why-china-is-reining-in-shaming
A Useful Tool for Social Control - Klaus Mühlhahn is professor of history at Indiana University and the author of “Criminal Justice in China: A History.”
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/how-shaming-was-used-in-chinese-history
The Confucian View of Shame - Gordon G. Chang is the author of "The Coming Collapse of China" and a columnist at Forbes.com.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/the-shame-concept-goes-back-to-confucius
'Shaming' Won't Disappear Soon - Sida Liu is an assistant professor of sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/public-shaming-wont-disappear-overnight
Police Power in Chinese Life - Lening Zhang is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at Saint Francis University.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/police-power-in-chinese-life
Richard :munchin
Why Shaming Has Lost Power in China
NYT, 31 July 2010
The notion of shame -- or "losing face" -- is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture. During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, the authorities often used public humiliation as a tool of law enforcement and social control, including the practice of parading criminal suspects through the streets.
But recently the Chinese government banned the use of shaming by the police, after a popular protest carried out on the Internet objected to a series of “shame parades" that forced shackled prostitutes to walk in public.
The government told local police departments to enforce laws in a “rational, calm and civilized manner.” The shaming ban applies to a range of crimes like petty theft and robbery, as well as to prostitution.
Why is the government now willing to ban this practice? What's changed in Chinese society to make shaming unacceptable?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming
Why Prostitutes and Not Pimps? - Jerome A. Cohen is co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at the New York University School of Law and adjunct senior fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/why-china-is-reining-in-shaming
A Useful Tool for Social Control - Klaus Mühlhahn is professor of history at Indiana University and the author of “Criminal Justice in China: A History.”
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/how-shaming-was-used-in-chinese-history
The Confucian View of Shame - Gordon G. Chang is the author of "The Coming Collapse of China" and a columnist at Forbes.com.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/the-shame-concept-goes-back-to-confucius
'Shaming' Won't Disappear Soon - Sida Liu is an assistant professor of sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/public-shaming-wont-disappear-overnight
Police Power in Chinese Life - Lening Zhang is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at Saint Francis University.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/31/china-shaming/police-power-in-chinese-life