Violence is part and parcel of both human history and nature. It is the one thing that all cultures and societies share in common. This book considers violence in the modern world, examining the ideas underpinning it, and the cultural context for violence over the last two centuries. It also asks if we are becoming more or less violent.
Violence is part and parcel of both human history and nature. It is the one thing that all cultures and societies share in common. This book considers violence in the modern world, examining the ideas underpinning it, and the cultural context for violence over the last two centuries. It also asks if we are becoming more or less violent.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Thinking about violence
- 2: How violent was the past?
- 3: Intimate and gendered violence
- 4: Interpersonal violence
- 5: The sacred and the secular
- 6: Collective violence
- 7: Violence and the state
- 8: The changing nature of violence
- References
- Further Reading
- Index
