Violence: Situation, Speciality, Politics, and Storytelling

di David Wästerfors (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024

This book considers how the concept of violence has been interpreted, used, defined, and explored by social researchers and thinkers. It does not provide a final answer to the question of what violence is or how it should be explained (or prevented), and instead offers a variety of useful ways of thinking about and theorising the phenomenon, mainly from a sociological standpoint. It outlines four ways of understanding violence: • Violence as situation: the tension that exists between category-driven and situational explanations. • Violence as speciality: the study of particularly violent actors, and how they may be understood by reference to childhood histories, technologies, institutions, culture, class, and gender. • Violence as politics: political violence and violent politics. • Violence as storytelling: representations of violence from a narrative perspective. Concluding with reflections on possible convergences between the four approaches and new directions for research, this book offers a unique and experimental approach to discussing and reconstructing the concept of violence. It is essential reading for criminologists, sociologists, and philosophers alike.

• Autore: David Wästerfors
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 128 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 250 gr.
• EAN: 9781032204482

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