Aspects of Violence: A Critical Theory

This book provides a novel approach to the social scientific study of violence. It argues for an 'extended' definition of violence in order to avoid subscribing to commonsensical or state propagated definitions of violence, and pays specific attention to 'autotelic violence' (violence for the sake of itself), as well as to terrorism.

Author: W. Schinkel
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/16/2010
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230577190

About the Author
WILLEM SCHINKEL is Associate Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has published books and articles on theoretical sociology and various subjects such as citizenship, the state and art. His previous publications include Globalization and the State.