"Being an integral element of how humans interact with one another, violence, however disruptive, often also manifests itself as an ordering force. In this collection of essays, the contributing authors explore this particular aspect of violence from a wide variety of perspectiv…
Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. Return of the Barbarians re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors th…
El de la desigualdad es un problema que preocupa hoy en el mundo entero. Pero quienes lo estudian suelen reducirse a considerar los tiempos recientes y olvidan las lecciones a largo plazo de la historia. Este ambicioso e impresionante libro estudia la evolución de la desigualdad…
Archaeologies of gender and violence
La barbarie de la historia - Continente europeo y marginalidad continental - Barbarie y civilización : Rusia - Barbarie y civilización : Iberia - Barbarie y civilización : Britania - Mesianismo y ortodoxia eslava - Europeización o americanización de España - Eurocentrismo - Cien…
Russell Jacoby argues that violence erupts most often, and most savagely, between those of us most closely related. Weaving together the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Freud's "narcissism of minor differences," insights on anti-Semitism and misogyny, as well as fresh analyses …
"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…
"This book explores the complex ways in which political debates and legal reforms regarding the criminalization of racial violence have shaped the development of American racial history. Spanning previous campaigns for criminalizing slave abuse, lynching, and Klan violence and c…
