ISBN:
9781138577336
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 204 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Mass violence in modern history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cultural violence and the destruction of human communities
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Violence Cross-cultural studies
;
Violence Social aspects
;
Communities Social aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Kulturgut
;
Gesellschaft
;
Zerstörung
Abstract:
"This volume brings together leading sociologists and anthropologists to break new ground in the study of cultural violence. First sketched in Raphael Lemkin's seminal writings on genocide, and later systematically defined by peace studies scholar Johan Galtung, the concept of cultural violence seeks to explain why and how language, symbols, rituals, practices, and objects are so frequently in the crosshairs of socio-political change. Recent conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia, along with renewed public interest in the repertoire of violence applied to the control and erasure of indigenous populations, highlights the gaps in our understanding of why cultural violence occurs, what it consists of, and how it relates to other forms of collective violence"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
