Virtuous Violence Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships |
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| Author:
| Fiske, Alan Page
Rai, Tage Shakti |
| Foreword by:
| Pinker, Steven |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-45891-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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Why do people hurt and kill others, or themselves? This provocative book argues that people mostly commit violence because they feel that it is the morally right thing to do. Virtuous Violence shows how human nature, culture, and social relationships can generate violence - or nonviolence.
Why do people hurt and kill others, or themselves? This provocative book argues that people mostly commit violence because they feel that it is the morally right thing to do. Virtuous Violence shows how human nature, culture, and social relationships can generate violence - or nonviolence.