On violence in history

On violence in history

by Dwyer, Philip G. Micale, Mark Stephen

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"Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker's highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike. In this provocative volume, a cast of eminent historians interrogate Pinker's thesis by exposing the realities of violence throughout human history. In doing so, they reveal the history of human violence to be richer, more thought-provoking, and considerably more complicate…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :On violence in history / edited by Philip Dwyer, Mark S. Micale.

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"Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker's highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike. In this provocative volume, a cast of eminent historians interrogate Pinker's thesis by exposing the realities of violence throughout human history. In doing so, they reveal the history of human violence to be richer, more thought-provoking, and considerably more complicated than Pinker claims"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2020.
  • Edition:First Edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 147 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781789204643, 178920464X, 9781789204650, 1789204658
  • oclc:on1114300485
  • LC Classification:HM1116
  • Dewey Decimal:303.609

Subjects

History Violence Violence -- Histoire Violence -- history

Writers

Dwyer, Philip G. Micale, Mark Stephen

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