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Our Violent World - Terrorism in Society (Paperback)
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Our Violent World - Terrorism in Society (Paperback)
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What can the analysis of violence and terror tell us about the
modern world? Why is violence often used to achieve religious,
cultural or political goals? Can we understand the search for the
extreme that increasingly shapes violence today?
From 1960s student movements to today's global jihad, this text
explores the factors and debates shaping violence and terrorism in
our contemporary society. Each chapter confronts examples of
disturbing terrorist acts and events of mass violence from recent
history and uses these to examine key questions, theories and
concepts surrounding this sensitive and controversial topic. In
particular, the book:
- identifies core tools for the analysis of public violence
- explores the processes that mutate social movements into violent
groups
- describes the cultural, embodied, experiential and imagined
dimensions of violence
- highlights different periods and varying forms of terrorist
violence
- examines the role of globalization, media, technology and the
visual in violence and terror today.
"Our Violent World" shows how the social sciences can contribute to
an understanding of violence and responses to terror, as well as
the construction of a social world less dominated by fear of the
other. It is a must-read for students and citizens.
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