Chapter
The Executioner's Song
2:30:25 - 2:41:13 (10:48)
This episode explores the changing attitudes towards public executions in the 18th century and the conflict between penal theory and cultural sensibilities regarding public executions.
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Novels are designed to get readers to feel and have empathy for the characters in the story, leading to a change in sensibilities in the class of people that most individuals aspire to be like.
2:30:25 - 2:33:03 (02:38)
Summary
Novels are designed to get readers to feel and have empathy for the characters in the story, leading to a change in sensibilities in the class of people that most individuals aspire to be like. However, determining the cause and effect of this cultural change remains a challenging task.
ChapterThe Executioner's Song
EpisodeShow 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
The conflict between the desire of spectators to watch people die on the scaffold, the penal theory built around the idea that people will be terrified if they watch such things, and the culture of sensibility that insists that people cannot watch executions without being horrified is discussed.
2:33:03 - 2:36:49 (03:46)
Summary
The conflict between the desire of spectators to watch people die on the scaffold, the penal theory built around the idea that people will be terrified if they watch such things, and the culture of sensibility that insists that people cannot watch executions without being horrified is discussed. This difference highlights how our cultural elements affect our responses to death and violence.
ChapterThe Executioner's Song
EpisodeShow 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
The evolution of the role of religious figures in executions from soul-saving to assisting in breaking down the condemned, paralleling the shift from religious to state-choreographed executions.
2:36:49 - 2:41:13 (04:24)
Summary
The evolution of the role of religious figures in executions from soul-saving to assisting in breaking down the condemned, paralleling the shift from religious to state-choreographed executions.