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Violence & society / Larry Ray.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.Description: 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781847870353 (hbk.)
  • 184787035X (hbk.)
  • 1847870368 (pbk.)
  • 9781847870360 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Violence and society
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1116 .R39 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Kenya Military Academy HM1116 .R39 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available KMA006647
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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