Cultures of Violence Interpersonal Violence in Historical Perspective

Name: Cultures of Violence Interpersonal Violence in Historical Perspective
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ISBN: 9780230019454

ISBN-10: 0230019455

ISBN-13: 9780230019454

Edition: 2007

Authors: Stuart Carroll, Stuart Carroll

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Thinkers and historians have long perceived violence and its control as integral to the very idea of 'Western Civilization'. While there is an enduring fascination with war and state violence, from military history to the study of genocide, historians have been more reticent about studying interpersonal violence, despite the huge role it plays in human affairs. This timely collection, which focuses on the post-medieval West, brings together the latest interdisciplinary and historical research in the field.

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 5/23/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 271
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Figures


Acknowledgements


Notes on Contributors


Introduction




Conceptual Perspectives



Female Dismemberment and Decapitation: Gendered Understandings of Power in Aztec Ritual Violence




Religious Languages of Violence. Some Reflections on the Reading of Extremes




Conceptualizing Cultures of Violence and Cultural Change




Early Modern Perspectives



Collective Violence, Social Drama and Rituals of Rebellion in Late Medieval and Early Modern England




Vengeance in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century France




At the Sign of the Head: The Currency of Beheading in Early Modern Ireland




Duelling and the Court of Chivalry in Early Stuart England




Modern Perspectives



Popular Violence in the French Revolution: Revolt, Retribution and the Slide to State Terror




Avoiding the Ultimate Act of Violence: Mediterranean Bandits and Kidnapping for Ransom, 1815-1914




Swords and Daggers: Class Conceptions of Interpersonal Violence in Liberal Italy




Race, Class and Maritime Authority in Late Victorian England: The Surprising Cases of Charles Arthur (1888) and Bagwahn Jassiwara (1891)




From 'Duels in the Clouds' to 'Exterminating Attacks': Legitimizing Aerial Warfare in Britain and Germany, 1914-45



Index