A terrible beauty : an exploration of the positive role of violence in life, culture and society / Leon Whiteson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiteson, Leon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Physical Description:

xvi, 149 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakville, Ont. ; Niagara Falls : Mosaic Press, [2000]

Summary:

A Terrible Beauty: An Exploration of the Positive Role of Violence in Life, Culture and Society explores various aspects of violence from historical, cultural, literary and personal perspectives. In this book Whiteson argues that what sex was to the nineteenth century, violence is to the 20th century -- a fact of existence but banished to a netherworld.

Contents:

1 Creative Murder 1

2 Killing Eternity 14

3 The Marriage of Terror and Rapture 34

4 Violence Made Visible 54

5 Righteous Wars, Creative Conquests and Justified Rebellions 70

6 The Struggle in the Cage 96

7 Dangerous Loving 114

Epilogue: Beginning to Rethink 134.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0889627177

OCLC:

43282845