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Control of Violence - Historical and International Perspectives on Violence in Modern Societies (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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Control of Violence - Historical and International Perspectives on Violence in Modern Societies (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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The Control of Violence in Modern Society, starts from the
hypothesis that in modern society we will face an increasing loss
of control over certain phenomena of violence. This leads to
unpredictable escalations and violence can no longer be contained
adequately by the relevant control regimes, such as police, state
surveillance institutions, national repression apparatuses and
international law. However, before investigating this hypothesis
from an internationally and historically comparative perspective,
the terms and "tools" for this undertaking have to be rendered more
precisely. Since both "control" and "violence" are all but
clear-cut terms but rather highly debatable and contested concepts
that may take multiple connotations. The main question is whether
an increase in certain forms of violence can be explained by the
failure or, in turn, "overeffectiveness" of certain control
mechanisms. It is asked, for instance, which contribution religion
can make to limit violence and, in turn, which destructive
potential religion might have in its fundamentalist form. Moreover,
the concept of individual self-control as well as social
institutions and strategies of collective disengagement and
de-radicalization are investigated with regard to their potential
for controlling violence. The Control of Violence in Modern Society
concludes with a re-examination of the hypothesis of a loss of
control by specifying in what cases and under which circumstances
we can speak of a loss of control over violence.
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