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Violence and civilization : studies of social violence in history and prehistory /
This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history. Taking a broad definition of violence, including structural and symbolic violence, the contributions move beyond the problematic of civilization's mitigating or founda...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxbow Books,
2013.
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| Colección: | Joukowsky Institute publication ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Toward a deep history of violence and civilization / Roderick Campbell
- Part I. Sacrifice
- Introduction to Part I
- Dramas of the dialectic : sacrifice and power in ancient polities / Edward Swenson
- (Un)dying loyalty : meditations on retainer sacrifice in ancient Egypt and elsewhere / Ellen F. Morris
- Transformations of violence : on humanity and inhumanity in early China / Roderick Campbell
- Part II. Community
- Introduction to Part II
- Histories of violence : notes from the Roman Empire / Ari Z. Bryen
- On torture in societies against the state / Severin Fowles
- Part III. Terror
- Introduction to Part III
- The military normal : feeling at home with counterinsurgency in the United States / Catherine Lutz
- Violence, terrorism, otherness : reshaping enmity in times of terror / Philippe Bonditti.