Violence: A Very Short Introduction
Violence: A Very Short Introduction Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringViolence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It has defined not only the ways in which…
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Violence: A Very Short Introduction
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringViolence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. 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. It is one of our most distinctive traits, the one thing that all cultures and societies, across time, share in common.
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. All societies are violent and all individuals have the capacity for violence. It explores how violence in the pre-modern world was