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This book provides a novel approach to the social scientific study of violence. It argues for an 'extended' definition of violence in order to avoid subscribing to commonsensical or state propagated definitions of violence, and pays specific attention to 'autotelic violence' (vio...

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Main Author: Schinkel, Willem (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Cultural criminology.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Forensic Psychology.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Social Theory.
Sociology, general.
Criminology.
Forensic psychology.
Political science > Philosophy.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book provides a novel approach to the social scientific study of violence. It argues for an 'extended' definition of violence in order to avoid subscribing to commonsensical or state propagated definitions of violence, and pays specific attention to 'autotelic violence' (violence for the sake of itself), as well as to terrorism.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 254 pages)
ISBN:9780230251342
DOI:10.1057/9780230251342