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Trust and Violence: An Essay on a Modern Relationship
Jan Philipp Reemtsma
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Description for Trust and Violence: An Essay on a Modern Relationship
Hardback. The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? The author demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that violence is abnormal and beyond comprehension. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? In Trust and Violence, acclaimed German intellectual and public figure Jan Philipp Reemtsma demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that violence is abnormal and beyond comprehension. We would be far better off, Reemtsma argues, if we acknowledged the disturbing fact that violence is normal. At the same time, Reemtsma contends that violence cannot be fully understood without delving into the concept of trust. ... Read more
The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? In Trust and Violence, acclaimed German intellectual and public figure Jan Philipp Reemtsma demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that violence is abnormal and beyond comprehension. We would be far better off, Reemtsma argues, if we acknowledged the disturbing fact that violence is normal. At the same time, Reemtsma contends that violence cannot be fully understood without delving into the concept of trust. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691142968
SKU
V9780691142968
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About Jan Philipp Reemtsma
Jan Philipp Reemtsma is professor of modern German literature at the University of Hamburg and founder and director of the Hamburg Institute of Social Research. Of his many books on literature, history, politics, philosophy, and contemporary society, two have been published in English--More Than a Champion: The Style of Muhammad Ali (Vintage) and In the Cellar (Knopf).
Reviews for Trust and Violence: An Essay on a Modern Relationship
This is the most exciting work of philosophy that I have read in years. It is brilliant, deep, and destined to be a classic. Bringing together fifteen years of work on violence, modernity, good, and evil, this book should change the way we think about all these concepts. -Susan Neiman, Einstein Forum Trust and Violence is a richly textured ... Read more