RT Book
T1 Violence and society: toward a new sociology
T2 Sociological review monographs
A2 Kilby, Jane
A2 Ray, Larry 1951-
LA English
PP Malden, Mass. u.a.
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/798920173
AB "Violence and Society features a multidisciplinary collection of readings by leading national and international experts that set a new agenda for our understanding of interpersonal and state violence in contemporary society.  Features contributions from leading international experts in collective, state, and interpersonal violence  Develops innovative interdisciplinary theorizations based on new empirical studies on violence and society  Incorporates within an emerging analytical framework issues of war, domestic and gender-based violence, fighting, honor and shame, violence and identity, and politics and violence  Allows us to better understand the world we live in  "--
AB "What is violence and how can we understand it sociologically? And is society becoming increasingly inured to acts of violent behaviour? Pushing beyond widely accepted sociological theories of the complexity of violence, Violence and Society: Toward a New Sociology gathers leading national and international experts to set a new agenda for our understanding of interpersonal and state violence in contemporary society. Through an in-depth analysis of issues that include the nature of contemporary war; gender-based violence and street fights; and of the role of biography, the body, culture, emotion, and time in the exercise and experience of violence, chapters reveal how modern sociological thinking is at odds with a proper understanding of the nature and root causes of violence. Timely and important, Violence and Society: Toward a New Sociology sheds important new light on our understanding of the world we live in"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HM1116
SN 9781118942017
K1 Violence : Social aspects
K1 Violence
K1 Violence : Psychological aspects
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Soziologie : Gesellschaft : Gewalttätigkeit