Binding: Paperback
Description: Very Short Introductions: Brilliant Sharp Inspiring Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our most distinctive traits the one thing that all cultures and societies across time share in common. It has defined not only the ways in which individuals relate to each other but also how collective entities and states have interacted with each other over the millennia. All societies are violent and all individuals have the capacity for violence. However not all societies and not all individuals are equally violent and nor does violence exist with the same intensity across cultures. This Very Short Introduction examines the more visible physical acts of violence - interpersonal gendered collective religious sexual criminal and political - in the modern world. It explores how violence in the pre - modern world was different from the modern world and what is significant about those differences. It also discusses what violence is by examining understandings of the ideas values and cultural practices embedded in an act of violence and considering acts of violence as the outcome of a process dependent on the cultural context in which they take place. Along the way Dwyer considers some core questions asking whether violence is always 'bad' and if there are any limits to human violence? Why is it that what was once considered acceptable - wife beating duelling slavery - at some point becomes unacceptable in some societies and cultures and yet continues in others? And finally are we becoming more or less violent? About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Violence: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Dwyer Philip (Director Centre For The Study Of Violence The University Of Newcastle)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198831730
Pages: 160 Pages, 9 Black And White Images
Publication Date: 6/24/2022
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Violence In Society