James Gilligan

Violence

Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems which are based on notions of justice and retribution perpetuate violent behaviour. This ground-breaking book is a read for everyone touched by violence, all those who are working to prevent it and its consequences.

Produktdetails

• Forensic Focus
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781853028427
• ISBN-10: 1853028428
• Artikelnr.: 20959653

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Violence as Tragedy. Part 1. The Pathology of Violence. 1. Visits
to Hell: Entering the World of the Prison. 2. Dead Souls. 3. Violent Action
as Symbolic Language: Myth, Ritual, and Tragedy. Part 2. The "Germ Theory"
of Violence. 4. How to Think About Violence. 5. Shame: The Emotions and
Morality of Violence. Part 3. The Epidemiology of Violence. 6. The
Symbolism of Punishment. 7. How to Increase the Rate of Violence ? and Why.
8. The Deadliest Form of Violence is Poverty. 9. The Biology of Violence.
10. Culture, Gender, and Violence: "We Are Not Women". Epilogue:
Civilization and its Malcontents. Notes. Acknowledgements. Index.