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The Hidden Structure of Violence : Who Benefits from Global Violence and War /
Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel bythe arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and theymay leave behind a smoldering village or a starved child. The all-pervasivenessof violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Monthly Review Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel bythe arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and theymay leave behind a smoldering village or a starved child. The all-pervasivenessof violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of the modern world. But, in this detailed and expansive book, Marc Pilisuk and Jen Rountree demonstrateotherwise. Widespread violence, they argue, is in fact an expression of theunderlying social order, and whether it is carried out by military forces or bypatterns of investment, the aim is to streng. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781583675458 |