RT Book
T1 Transformative violence: when routine cruelty sparks historic mobilization
A1 Marat, Erica
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/187647307X
AB "Why are some violent acts more galvanizing than others? By examining mobilization following the gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi in 2012 and the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014, the book builds a theoretical explanation of how some violent acts can trigger unprecedented levels of mobilization in defense of the victims. While such events - transformative violence - emerge from complex networks of causal mechanisms, they all draw sharp moral contrasts between the typical victims and repressors in a society. Cases of violence that spark large public reaction share similar set of traits - they include mobilization of both grassroots and national-level activists, a type of victim that resonates with the broader public, and a visual narrative of the victim's suffering"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HM883
SN 9780197698570
K1 Violence : India : New Delhi
K1 Violence : Mexico
K1 Protest movements : India : New Delhi
K1 Social Change : India : New Delhi
K1 Protest movements : Mexico
K1 Social Change : Mexico
K1 Gewalttätigkeit : Verbrechensopfer : Gesellschaft : Soziale Wahrnehmung : Protestbewegung