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Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker's highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike. In this provocative volume, a cast of eminent historians interrogate Pinker's thesis by exposing the realities of violence throughout human history. In doing so, they reveal the history of human violence to be richer, more thought-provoking, and considerably more complicated than Pinker claims
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Qu'elle soit verbale, gestuelle ou intellectuelle, la violence interpelle. Hier comme aujourd hui, elle reste un enjeu majeur et une préoccupation quotidienne de l ensemble des acteurs sociaux et politiques tout comme des professionnels du droit. Pourtant, ce paradigme de violence, polysémique, d une définition souvent floue, s avère d une analyse difficile et nécessite une approche plurielle, capable d interroger à la fois la société, la religion, le droit et la politique, en Europe et dans le reste du monde, du Moyen Âge au xxe siècle. En adoptant cette méthode, qui autorise une lecture à variable multiple des formes de la violence, les vingt-neuf chercheurs ici réunis proposent des interprétations, des hypothèses et des résultats stimulants et fructueux, dans des champs aussi divers que ceux de l histoire, de l histoire de l art, de la gender history, de la littérature, de l histoire des idées et de l anthropologie. Les études rassemblées dans ce volume prêtent une attention toute particulière aux cas singuliers et collectifs, ainsi qu à l acteur face au « système » existant (social, politique, religieux, économique), en mesure de saisir réellement ce phénomène pluriel sur un plan à la fois diachronique et synchronique. Aussi la violence, dans ses configurations multiples, dévoile-t-elle les réponses données par les autorités religieuses et laïques , la famille, la parenté, le voisinage, la communauté, les intellectuels, les artistes, les compositeurs entre le Moyen Âge et l époque contemporaine.
Violence --- Sociologie. --- Histoire. --- Violence - History
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Assassins have been killing the powerful and famous for at least three thousand years. Personal ambition, revenge, and anger have encouraged many to violent deeds, like the Turkish sultan who had nineteen of his brothers strangled or the bodyguards who murdered a dozen Roman emperors. More recently have come new motives like religious and political fanaticism, revolution and liberation, with governments also getting in on the act, while many victims seem to have been surprisingly careless : Abraham Lincoln was killed after letting his bodyguard go for a drink. So, do assassinations work ? Drawing on anecdote, historical evidence, and statistical analysis, this book delves into some of history's most notorious acts, unveiling an intriguing cast of characters, ingenious methods of killing, and many unintended consequences.
ASSASSINATION--HISTORY --- ASSASSINS--HISTORY --- POLITICAL VIOLENCE--HISTORY
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Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. This book re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors throughout history, revealing key lessons that are applicable today. From the Roman Empire and its barbarian challenge on the Danube and Rhine, Russia and the steppes to the nineteenth-century Comanches, the author shows how these groups have presented peculiar, long-term problems that could rarely be solved with a finite war or clearly demarcated diplomacy. To succeed and survive, states were often forced to alter their own internal structure, giving greater power and responsibility to the communities most directly affected by the barbarian menace. Understanding the barbarian challenge, and strategies employed to confront it, this book offers new insights into the contemporary security threats facing the Western world.
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History of Europe --- Violence --- History --- History. --- Violence - History
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This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.
Terrorism - History --- Violence - History --- Radicalism - History --- Terrorism --- Violence --- Radicalism --- History.
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Politics --- World history --- anno 1900-1999 --- Genocide --- Violence --- History --- 20th century --- Violence - History - 20th century.
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Global Race War explores the racial foundations of global politics from the Haitian Revolution to the present. Alexander D. Barder traces the emergence of this global racial hierarchy from the early 19th century to the present to explain how a historical racial global order unraveled over the first half of the 20th century, continued during the Cold War, and reemerged during the Global War on Terror. As Barder shows, imperial, racial, and geopolitical orders intersected over time in ways that violently tore apart the imperial and sovereign state system and continue to haunt politics today.
Race --- History. --- Physical anthropology --- Race - History --- Political violence - History --- Genocide - History --- Imperialism - History --- Racism - History --- Political violence --- Genocide --- Imperialism --- Racism
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Civilization, Medieval. --- Middle Ages. --- Violence --- History --- Violence - England - History --- Violence - History - To 1500 --- Middle Ages --- Civilization, Medieval
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