From Scapegoating to the Culture of Cruelty: (Mis)Managing Mimetic Desire and Violence in Late Modernity

Due to the ?civilizing process? (Elias), the overall level of violence is decreasing; yet its transforming patterns persist. The article aims at examining the contemporary structures and mechanisms responsible for violence control, while also exploring the newly emerging, naturalized patterns of cru...

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Main Author: Sik, Domonkos (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Theory, culture & society
Year: 2024, Volume: 41, Issue: 6, Pages: 37-57
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Desire
B Violence
Further subjects:B Desire
B René Girard
B Mimesis
B Violence
B Late Modernity
B Scapegoat
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