Value of Violence

Name: Value of Violence
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ISBN: 9781616148317

ISBN-10: 1616148314

ISBN-13: 9781616148317

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Authors: Benjamin Ginsberg

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This provocative thesis calls violence the driving force not just of war, but of politics and even social stability. Though violence is commonly deplored, political scientist Ginsberg argues that in many ways it is indispensable, unavoidable, and valuable. Ginsberg sees violence manifested in society in many ways. "Law-preserving violence" (using Walter Benjamin's phrase) is the chief means by which society preserves social order. Behind the security of a stable society are the blunt instruments of the police, prisons, and the power of the bureaucratic state to coerce and manipulate. Ginsberg also discusses violence as a tool of social change, whether used in outright…

Book details

List price: $26.50
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 9/17/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 222
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction. Violence Often Is the Answer



Violence: The Driving Force of Political Life



Bureaucracy and Violence



Force and Governance



America: A Tough Nation



Morality and Violence



Violence and Change


Notes


Index