Vengeance: The fight against injustice (Expanded Edition, Band 2) - Softcover

Marongiu, Pietro; Newman, Graeme R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0911577009 ISBN 13: 9780911577006

Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

The authors investigate the underlying cultural, psychological, and social forces that have helped to form the concept of retributive justice as it exists today in both the public mind, social media and the legal system. Drawing upon such diverse representations of vengeance as Greek mythology, the plays of Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, the folklore of the Wild West, the Mafia, and contemporary films, the authors examine the historic and cultural manifestations of the need to inflict punishment on one's enemies. They contend that all acts of vengeance arise from an elemental sense of injustice--conditioned by a desire for equality, justice, and reciprocity. The new introduction extends and highlights the universality of vengeance, its enhancement by modern technologies and builds an even stronger case for it deep biological and animistic roots.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Emeritus professor, School of Medicine, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Author of many publications on violence in Italy, such as Theory and History of Social Banditry in Sardinia.

Graeme Newman is distinguished professor emeritus, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, .

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0911577009
• ISBN 13: 9780911577006
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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