Violence : a new approach /

How do we understand violence? The majority of explanations available are often reductive because violence combines different aspects, from gratuitous violence to extreme cruelty. This work outlines a more complex view, which does not omit to describe any features of violence and presents a paradigm...

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Main Author: Wieviorka, Michel
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:How do we understand violence? The majority of explanations available are often reductive because violence combines different aspects, from gratuitous violence to extreme cruelty. This work outlines a more complex view, which does not omit to describe any features of violence and presents a paradigm for understanding this phenomenon.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 183 pages)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781446269589 (ebook) :