Schinkel, Willem, 1976-
Aspects of violence : a critical theory / Willem Schinkel. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - Cultural criminology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Concept and Observation of Violence. Introduction: Aspects of Violence -- The Definition of Violence Part I -- The Definition of Violence Part II -- The From Critique of Violence to Autotelic Violence: Re-Reading Walter Benjamin -- Violence in social science. The Will to Violence -- The continuation of violence by other means : terrorism -- A Note on Causes of High School Violence -- Defining Terrorism -- The Trias Violentiae -- For a New Social Science of Violence.
"While most analyses don't define violence and regard it as an essentially contested concept, this book argues for an ontological definition of violence as a reduction of being. This enables a critical sociology to move beyond tacit acceptance of a historically contingent definition of violence as profferred by the state"--Provided by publisher.
9780230577190 (hardback) 0230577199 (hardback)
2009046795
GBA9A3848 bnb
015402299 Uk
Violence.
HM1116 / .S37 2010
303.6
Aspects of violence : a critical theory / Willem Schinkel. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - Cultural criminology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Concept and Observation of Violence. Introduction: Aspects of Violence -- The Definition of Violence Part I -- The Definition of Violence Part II -- The From Critique of Violence to Autotelic Violence: Re-Reading Walter Benjamin -- Violence in social science. The Will to Violence -- The continuation of violence by other means : terrorism -- A Note on Causes of High School Violence -- Defining Terrorism -- The Trias Violentiae -- For a New Social Science of Violence.
"While most analyses don't define violence and regard it as an essentially contested concept, this book argues for an ontological definition of violence as a reduction of being. This enables a critical sociology to move beyond tacit acceptance of a historically contingent definition of violence as profferred by the state"--Provided by publisher.
9780230577190 (hardback) 0230577199 (hardback)
2009046795
GBA9A3848 bnb
015402299 Uk
Violence.
HM1116 / .S37 2010
303.6