Violence & society / Larry Ray.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.Description: 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781847870353 (hbk.)
- 184787035X (hbk.)
- 1847870368 (pbk.)
- 9781847870360 (pbk.)
- Violence and society
- 303.6 22
- HM1116 .R39 2011
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Book | Kenya Military Academy | HM1116 .R39 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | KMA006648 | |
Book | Kenya Military Academy | HM1116 .R39 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | KMA006649 | |
Book | Kenya Military Academy | HM1116 .R39 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | KMA006650 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-218) and index.
What is violence? -- Origins of violence -- Violence, bodies, and civilization -- Spaces of violence -- Masculinities and violence -- Violence and the private sphere -- Explaining homicide -- The politics of "hate crime" -- Modernity and the Holocaust -- Conclusion.
In this compelling work, Larry Ray offers a wide-ranging and integrated account of the many manifestations of violence in society. He examines violent behaviour and its meanings in contemporary culture and throughout history.
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