Description
| Product ID: | 9781785334184 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Integration and Conflict Studies |
| Title: | On Retaliation |
| Subtitle: | Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of a Basic Human Condition |
| Authors: | Author: Bertram Turner, Gunther Schlee |
| Page Count: | 322 |
| Subjects: | Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Anthropology, Anthropology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Deriving a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state's monopoly on legitimate punishment, socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations, and economic processes. Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations. This book derives a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, defining retaliation as the human disposition to strive for a reactive balancing of conflicts and injustices. On Retaliation presents a synthesized approach to both the violence-generating and violence-avoiding potentials of retaliation. Contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state’s monopoly on legitimate punishment and the factors of socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations and economic processes. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-04-01 |
