Mark of Cain: Shame, desire and violence
Violence presents a paradox. There is evidence that violence is universal in all in human societies. However, in writing mostly from the standpoint of relatively peaceful social spaces, violence often appears exceptional, and a product of the breakdown of integrating social institutions and conventi...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2013
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Mimesis, desire, and the novel
Jahr: 2013, Band: 16, Heft: 3, Seiten: 292-309 |
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Gewalt
B Begierde B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Violence
B Girard B Formalization B Elias B informalization B Gans B Social Theory |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Violence presents a paradox. There is evidence that violence is universal in all in human societies. However, in writing mostly from the standpoint of relatively peaceful social spaces, violence often appears exceptional, and a product of the breakdown of integrating social institutions and conventions. Norbert Elias persuasively identified growing thresholds of repugnance towards violence with the transition to modernity, although understanding the balance between formalization and informalization poses some critical questions about his thesis. The discussion begins with these as a means of opening a broader discussion of theories of violence which are developed through a critical analysis of Girard?s and Gans? theories. It is argued that these may offer a way of addressing the informalization problem in a context of mimetic consumption desires in a context of apparent but false equalization in contemporary societies. |
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| ISBN: | 1609174526 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Mimesis, desire, and the novel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1368431013476536 |
