My dissertation explores literati criticism of injustice embedded in revenge narratives. Ranging from the late Qing to modern China, this research project elaborates on the existing scholarship regarding historical and cultural meanings of revenge to demonstrate the use of earli…
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This thesis analyzes the use and unintended outcomes of power in international politics through an examination of economic sanctions in selected countries. A theoretical argument is derived from punishment theories and analyzes the effects of punishment on the target, including …
If a Hebrew Biblical text could motivate eighth century B.C.E Israelite society to move a away from the horrendous practice of violence and blood revenge, isn't it possible that the same text can motivate a twenty first century society to move away from the crisis of revenge and…
This dissertation argues that moral and religious authorities of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods adapted rules for emotional governance from Senecan philosophy. These Senecan rules helped institute a performance-based approach to managing emotion, which relied on programmat…
In the West, the oldest form of anger management is revenge. In other words, the discourse of revenge is a means to control or guide the expression of anger and determine when anger has reached its proper end. However, revenge has frequently been mistaken as the natural expressi…
This study examines the relationship of forgiveness, desire for revenge, adherence to Islam, depression, and psychological well-being among Muslim, Kuwaiti civilians who experienced a war-related transgression during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and subsequent seven-mont…