Beschreibung:
I joined the University of Kent in 1998. Before that I was in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. In 1996, I was visiting scholar, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. At Kent I was Head of the Department of Sociology and then SSPSSR between 1999-2001, and Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences between 2009-11. I am currently Director of Research for SSPSSR.
In this compelling and timely book, Larry Ray offers a wide-ranging and integrated account of the many manifestations of violence in society. He examines violent behaviour and its meanings in contemporary culture and throughout history.
IntroductionWhat Is Violence?Origins of ViolenceViolence, Bodies and CivilizationSpaces of ViolenceMasculinities and ViolenceViolence and the Private SphereExplaining HomicideThe Politics of 'Hate Crime'Modernity and the Holocaust Conclusion