The Legitimization of Violence
Violence is a more and more ubiquitous phenomenon. While a great deal of attention has been paid to certain aspects, terrorism for example, it has not been studied as a political phenomenon in and of itself. In The Legitimization of Violence eight well-kn
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The Legitimization of Violence Edited by
David E. Apter Professor of Political Science and Sociology Yale University
in association with Palgrave Macmillan
© United Nations Research Institute for Social Development 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997
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Contents Preface
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Notes on the Contributors
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Violence as Memory and Desire: Neo-Nazism in Contemporary Germany Bradden Weaver
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Remythologizing Discourses: State and Insurrectionary Violence in Sri Lanka Bruce Kapferer
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The Lebanese Shi'a and Political Violence in Lebanon Elizabeth
