{"product_id":"reflections-on-violence-paperback-1","title":"Reflections on Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Keane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenocidal wars, concentration camps, firebombed cities, spreading plagues of private blood-letting: the twentieth century has seen more than its fair share of violence, planned and unplanned, with prospects of still more to come. And yet, argues John Keane, among the paradoxes of this long century of violence is the paucity of imaginative reflection on the conceptual meaning, cause and effects, and ethical-political implications of violence itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComparable to Hannah Arendt's classic \u003ci\u003eOn Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, Keane's book challenges this indifference. It throws fresh light on the notion that we are drifting towards a \"new middle ages\" marked by uncivil wars sanctioned by decentralized powers--warlords, gangsters, sects--which the modern state was supposed to eliminate. John Keane shows how the term \"violence\" is riddled with ambiguities, and he confronts the argument, stretching back from St Augustine to Freud, that violence is rooted in \"human nature.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRejecting simple-minded pacifism, he goes on to formulate a theory of \"uncivil society\" and to examine the practical possibilities for greater civility. Above all, he insists that political philosophy and democratic politics must urgently address the issue of violence, not only because of the terrible crimes committed during the century now drawing to a close, but also because we are witnessing the significant growth of a new \"politics of civility\" aimed at publicizing and reducing a range of specific forms of violence, from rape and child abuse to ethnic conflict and uncivil war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Keane\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. Among his many books are the widely acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eTom Paine: A Political Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Media and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e has ranked him as one of Britain's leading political thinkers, whose work is of \"worldwide importance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.49 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712925732927,"sku":"9781859841150","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/61b6e485965e8f3717436eea5c5e05b7.webp?v=1765062835","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/reflections-on-violence-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}