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Mass Public Shootings in Neoliberal America: Killing for Recognition book cover

1st Edition

Mass Public Shootings in Neoliberal America Killing for Recognition

By Luigi Esposito, Fernando M. Perez Copyright 2026
250 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Why have mass public shootings in the United States become more frequent and lethal over the last two decades? This question cannot be answered by looking exclusively at the biographies, personalities, or mental health problems of individual shooters. Instead, to paraphrase C. Wright Mills, human behavior is never self-contained and must be understood at the intersection between the personal and... Read more

Introduction
1. The Modern Mass Public Shooting Phenomenon
2. Neoliberalism, Hyper-Neoliberalism, and the Thymotic Need for Recognition
3. Workplace Mass Public Shootings, Identity, and Thymotic Despair
4. Youth and School Mass Public Shootings in Neoliberal America
5. Lone-Actor Terrorism and Ideologically Motivated Active/Mass Public Shooters
6. Conclusion

Biography

Luigi Esposito is a professor and cochair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. He has coedited three books and published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on issues related to neoliberalism, race and ethnic relations, medicalization, social theory, gun politics, globalization, and ethics.

Fernando M. Perez is a professor and cochair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented widely at professional conferences on topics including consumerism/privatization, drug policy, mass violence, and medicalization.

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