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9780814798997: Violence: A Reader
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ISBN 10 : 0814798993 ISBN 13 : 9780814798997
Editeur : New York University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Historians consider the previous century to have been one of the most violent periods in human history. As we move into an era where violence is sanitized and normalized in the media, and depicted as glamorous and fun, how will we relate to the violence in our midst? Why do people and their governments choose to engage in violent activity? How to peaceful people who live under violent conditions such as warfare or domestic abuse make sense of it?
Catherine Besteman tackles these questions in this multi-disciplinary anthology that explores the topic of violence from a wide variety of perspectives. The first section focuses on state violence and deals with nationalism, warmaking and the Nazi genocide. The second section treats the question of anti-state violence with essays on the IRA, Sihk rebels and the paramilitary conflict in the Balkans. The third section examines criminal violence such as armed robbery, murder and sexual assualt while the final section explores how ordinary citizens respond when their societies are suffused with violence. Combining classic essays by Max Weber and Hannah Arendt, with contemporary treatments by leading scholars such as Michael Taussig and Julie Peteet, this anthology is designed for course use and is accessible to undergraduate and graduate students.
Contributors: Max Weber, Charles Tilly, Hannah Arendt, Zygmunt Bauman, Martha Crenshaw, Deborah Poole, Cynthia Mahmood, Begonia Aretxaga, Rhonda Copelon, Jack Katz, Deborah Cameron, Elizabeth Fraser, Michael Taussig, Julie Peteet, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, and Carolyn Nordstrom.

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À propos de l?auteur

Catherine Besteman is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Colby College.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814798993
ISBN 13 
9780814798997
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
277
Éditeur
Besteman Catherine
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0814799000 ISBN 13 :  9780814799000
Editeur : New York University Press, 2002
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