Violence -- Histoire

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The topography of violence in the greco-roman world

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Academic research on violence has been burgeoning in recent years. Violence is an intrinsic part of every human society and is always culturally defined. But the highly heterogeneous forms of violence make the phenomenon elusive and hard to define. Despite sociologists’ intensiv…

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The bioarchaeology of violence

by Martin, Debra L., Harrod, Ryan P., Pérez, Ventura R.

fromBioarchaeological interpretations of the human past

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Human violence is an inescapable aspect of our society and culture. As the archaeological record clearly shows, this has always been true. What is its origin? What role does it play in shaping our behavior? How do ritual acts and cultural sanctions make violence acceptable? Thes…

"Human violence is an inescapable aspect of our society and culture. As the archaeological record clearly shows, this has always been true. What is its origin? What role does it play in shaping our behavior? How do ritual acts and cultural sanctions make violence acceptable? The…

TB

The bioarchaeology of violence

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"Human violence is an inescapable aspect of our society and culture. As the archaeological record clearly shows, this has always been true. What is its origin? What role does it play in shaping our behavior? How do ritual acts and cultural sanctions make violence acceptable? The…

TB

The bioarchaeology of violence

fromBioarchaeological interpretations of the human past

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"Human violence is an inescapable aspect of our society and culture. As the archaeological record clearly shows, this has always been true. What is its origin? What role does it play in shaping our behavior? How do ritual acts and cultural sanctions make violence acceptable? The…

TB

The bioarchaeology of violence

fromBioarchaeological interpretations of the human past

0 Type: Book

"Human violence is an inescapable aspect of our society and culture. As the archaeological record clearly shows, this has always been true. What is its origin? What role does it play in shaping our behavior? How do ritual acts and cultural sanctions make violence acceptable? The…

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Disposable futures: the seduction of violence in the age of spectacle

by Giroux, Henry A., Evans, Brad, (International relations)

fromOpen Media book

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"Drawing inspiration from Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle and a wide range of other free thinkers and intellectuals, Brad Evans and Henry A. Giroux analyze how today's dominant economic system-neoliberalism-uses consumerism, privatization, and mass media to neutralize and …

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Female ss guards and workaday violence: the Majdanek Concentration Camp, 1942-1944

by Mailänder, Elissa

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How did 'ordinary women, ' like their male counterparts, become capable of brutal violence during the Holocaust? Cultural historian Elissa Mailñder examines the daily work of twenty-eight women employed by the SS to oversee prisoners in the concentration and death camp Majdanek/…

"In a sweeping study of the West over the last 500 years, Bruce Porter shows the astonishing range of warfare's modernizing effects on states. Warfare unifies, rallies, and bureaucratizes both states and their populaces; warfare triggers nationalism, reform movements, and revolu…

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War and the rise of the state: the military foundations of modern politics

by Porter, Bruce D.

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"In a sweeping study of the West over the last 500 years, Bruce Porter shows the astonishing range of warfare's modernizing effects on states. Warfare unifies, rallies, and bureaucratizes both states and their populaces; warfare triggers nationalism, reform movements, and revolu…

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Calamities & catastrophes: the ten absolutely worst years in history

by Wilson, Derek

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Forget those boring lessons spent snoozing at the back of the class while Mr Potts droned on about the origins of the Industrial Revolution - this book describes a catalogue of calamities and catastrophes that will make you hair curl.