Rules and Violence / Regeln und Gewalt: On the Cultural History of Collective Violence from Late Antiquity to the Confessional Age / Zur Kulturgeschichte der kollektiven Gewalt von der Spätantike bis zum konfessionellen Zeitalter

by Cora Dietl (Editor), Titus Knäpper (Editor)

Overview

Even though violence often functions irrationally, recent research has suggested that, as a form of nonverbal communication, violence follows certain rules. The essays explore this phenomenon, with a special focus on collective violence. They investigate examples taken from the cultural and literary history of the premodern era to examine rules of violent action, rules that provoke violence, and rules about discussing violence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110379372
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/28/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	267
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

Cora Dietl und Titus Knäpper, Universität Giessen, Germany.