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?

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.

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