Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
512 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0631223495
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Language: English
Publish: November 7, 2003
AnthropologyHistoryNonfictionPhilosophyPoliticsSocial ScienceWar
From Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil” to Joseph Conrad’s “fascination of the abomination,” humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. Edited by two of anthropology’s most passionate voices on this subject, >Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology is the only book of its kind available: a single volume exploration of social, literary, and philosophical theories of violence.