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Robert Muchembled - A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present - 9780745647470 - V9780745647470
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A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present

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Description for A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present Paperback. Originally published in French under title: Une histoire de la violence. Editions du Seuil, c2008. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.

Violence is so much in the news today that we may find it hard to believe that it is less prevalent than it was in the past. But this is exactly what the distinguished historian Robert Muchembled argues in this major new work on the history of violence. He shows that brutality and homicide have been in decline since the thirteenth century. The thesis of a ‘civilizing process', of a gradual taming, even sublimation, of violence, seems, therefore, to be well-founded.

How are we to explain this decline in public displays of aggression? What mechanisms have modernizing societies employed to ... Read more

And yet we seem, in the first few years of the twenty-first century, to be witnessing a resurgence of violence, especially among the youths of the inner cities. How should we understand this resurgence in relation to the long history of violence in the West?

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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
582g
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745647470
SKU
V9780745647470
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About Robert Muchembled
Robert Muchembled is a French historian. In 1967, he passed the Agrégation in history. In 1985 he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on attitudes to violence and society in Artois between 1440 and 1600. In 1986 he became Professor of Modern History at Paris 13 University.

Reviews for A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present
"A vivid, thoughtful, deeply researched exploration of one of the main problems of human societies and a fascinating reflection on the 'extreme plasticity of civilizations'." Times Higher Education   "This is one of Robert Muchembled's best books, a lucid and persuasive combination of broad sweep with vivid detail and of synthesis with original research." Peter ... Read more

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