Violence in War and Peace

By Nancy Scheper-Hughes (editor), Philippe I. Bourgois (editor),

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From Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' to Joseph Conrad's 'fascination of the abomination', humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. Edited by two of anthropology's most passionate voices on this subject, "Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology" is the only book of its kind available: a single…

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1 author picked Violence in War and Peace as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

T.M. Lemos

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The editors of this volume are two of the most important and influential medical anthropologists in the world and major scholars of violence. In addition to collecting a set of useful texts on violence, the introduction to the volume is a piece of writing that I have returned to many times.

From T.M.'s list on the comparative history of violence.