Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Editor); Philippe Bourgois (Editor)
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'I left in a French steamer, and she called in every blamed port they have out there, for, as far as I could see, the sole purpose of landing soldiers and custom-house officers.
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From Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" to Joseph Conrad's "fascination of the abomination," humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology is the only book of its kind available: a single volume exploration of social, literary, and philosophical theories of violence.
Edited by two of anthropology's most passionate voices on this subject, Violence in War and Peace is a sweeping collection that looks at various concepts and modes of violence. Drawing from a remarkable range of sources, the editors juxtapose the routine violence of everyday life---what scholars Taussig and Benjamin have termed "terror as usual"---against the sudden outcropping of unexpected, extraordinary violence such as the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, the state violence of Argentina's "Dirty War", revolution, vigilante "justice," and organized criminal violence. Despite the impulse to distance ourselves from such acts, Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois take care to remind us that concepts of violence and aggression have often failed to acknowledge symbolic and structural forms. Yet, the most violent acts often involve conduct that is socially permitted---even encouraged---rather than condemned as deviant. In Violence in War and Peace, the editors offer a thought-provoking tool for students and thinkers from all walks of life: an exploration of violence at the broadest levels: personal, social, and political.
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- Title Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology
- Author Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Editor); Philippe Bourgois (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date October 1, 2003
- ISBN 9780631223481 / 0631223487
- Weight 2.26 lbs (1.03 kg)
- Dimensions 9.92 x 7 x 1.3 in (25.20 x 17.78 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Political violence, Violence
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003045324
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.6
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