Violence and social justice / Vittorio Bufacchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bufacchi, Vittorio, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Violence and injustice are the two major political problems the world is facing today. By offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice, which forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. More specifically, the book explores three closely related questions: What is violence? What is the relationship between violence and social justice? Can social justice be promoted through violence?

This book brings together two bodies of literature, on violence and on social justice, that have hitherto developed and expanded in almost total isolation from each other. Needless to say, violence and injustice have a great deal in common, although it is a mistake to assume that an injustice is simply another word for violence, or vice versa. Violence and Social Justice tries to make sense of the complexity of the relationship between injustice and violence.

Contents:

The concept of violence

Violence and integrity

Violence by omission

Violence and intentionality

Four faces of violence

Why is violence bad?

Violence and social justice

Exploitation, injustice and violence

Violence for justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230552951

0230552951

OCLC:

156831880