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Aspects of Violence

A Critical Theory

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Willem Schinkel

    1. Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Cultural Criminology (CUC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Concept and Observation of Violence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Aspects of Violence

      • Willem Schinkel
      Pages 3-15

    3. The Definition of Violence — Part I

      • Willem Schinkel
      Pages 16-44

    4. The Definition of Violence — Part II

      • Willem Schinkel
      Pages 45-83

    5. From Critique of Violence to Autotelic Violence: Rereading Walter Benjamin

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      Pages 84-103

  3. Violence in Social Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. The Will to Violence

      • Willem Schinkel
      Pages 107-135

    3. The Continuation of Violence by Other Means: Terrorism

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      Pages 136-153

    4. A Note on Causes of High School Violence

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      Pages 154-164

    5. The Trias Violentiae

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      Pages 165-202

    6. For a New Social Science of Violence

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      Pages 203-229

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 230-254
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About this book

This book provides a novel approach to the social scientific study of violence. It argues for an 'extended' definition of violence in order to avoid subscribing to commonsensical or state propagated definitions of violence, and pays specific attention to 'autotelic violence' (violence for the sake of itself), as well as to terrorism.

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'A sparkling display of breathtaking erudition and mind-boggling analytical incisiveness.' - Zygmunt Bauman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Leeds, UK and University of Warsaw, Poland

Authors and Affiliations

  • Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Willem Schinkel

About the author

WILLEM SCHINKEL is Associate Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has published books and articles on theoretical sociology and various subjects such as citizenship, the state and art. His previous publications include Globalization and the State.

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