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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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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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