Violence and civilization
Subtitle: studies of social violence in history and prehistory
By: edited by Roderick Campbell
Series: Joukowsky Institute publication -- 4
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781782976202
Subjects: Violence; History; Political violence; Social change; Civilization; Ancient Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Toward a deep history of violence and civilization / Roderick Campbell; title: Part I. Sacrifice; title: Introduction to Part I; title: Dramas of the dialectic : sacrifice and power in ancient polities / Edward Swenson; title: (Un)dying loyalty : meditations on retainer sacrifice in ancient Egypt and elsewhere / Ellen F. Morris; title: Transformations of violence : on humanity and inhumanity in early China / Roderick Campbell; title: Part II. Community; title: Introduction to Part II; title: Histories of violence : notes from the Roman Empire / Ari Z. Bryen; title: On torture in societies against the state / Severin Fowles; title: Part III. Terror; title: Introduction to Part III; title: The military normal : feeling at home with counterinsurgency in the United States / Catherine Lutz; title: Violence, terrorism, otherness : reshaping enmity in times of terror / Philippe Bonditti.