1st Edition

The Violent Society

By Eric Moonman Copyright 1987
    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    167 Pages
    by Routledge

    From the Foreward: Each chapter of this work is in truth a separate essay or article in which an author distinguished in his field treats a different aspect or manifestation of violence in human society. I doubt whether so complete a treatise in so short a compass has been previously attempted.  The reader will be left in no doubt when he reflects on what he has read that violence is, and always has been, a feature or a threat in human society- and will remain so. The reason why this must be so is made plain in the early chapters. Violent behaviour is a display of man's aggressive instinct: without that instinct, which he (and she) shares with the rest of the animal kingdom, the human species would not survive.  First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

    Violence: Myths and Reality 2. Short Memories: Street Violence in the Past and in the Present 3. Violence in the Home 4. Stress and the Individual 5. Violence and Public Disorder . Pathways out of Terrorism for Democratic Societies 7. Is there a Meaningful Response? Notes on Contributors

    Biography

    Moonman, Eric