Violence: A Very Short Introduction

by Philip Dwyer

Overview

Violence is part and parcel of both human history and nature. It is the one thing that all cultures and societies share in common. This book considers violence in the modern world, examining the ideas underpinning it, and the cultural context for violence over the last two centuries. It also asks if we are becoming more or less violent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192567604
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	03/24/2022
Series:	Very Short Introductions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Philip Dwyer is Professor of History and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence at the University of Newcastle. He has published widely on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, including a three-volume biography of Napoleon. He is the general editor of the four volume Cambridge World History of Violence (2020), and co-editor of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars (2021, with Michael Broers). He is currently engaged in writing a global history of violence, as well as a history of iconoclasm.

Table of Contents

• 1: Thinking about violence
• 2: How violent was the past?
• 3: Intimate and gendered violence
• 4: Interpersonal violence
• 5: The sacred and the secular
• 6: Collective violence
• 7: Violence and the state
• 8: The changing nature of violence
• References
• Further Reading
• Index

Editorial Reviews

"Violence: A Very Short Introduction contains some compelling arguments worth noting." — Madeleine K. Meehan and Todd K. Shackelford , Evolutionary Psychological Science

"This straightforward, accessible introduction examines the different ways that scholars have understood and classified violence... This short introduction comes with an annotated bibliography that readers can consult to learn more. As a resource it is most useful for those who are beginning to build their knowledge of violence and its social consequences." — Choice

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