Bloodlust : on the roots of violence from Cain and Abel to the present / Russell Jacoby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacoby, Russell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--History.

Violence.

History.

Violence--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Free Press hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Free Press, 2011.

Summary:

Russell Jacoby argues that violence erupts most often, and most savagely, between those of us most closely related. Weaving together the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Freud's "narcissism of minor differences," insights on anti-Semitism and misogyny, as well as fresh analyses of "civil" bloodbaths from the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in the sixteenth century to genocide and terrorism in our own time, Jacoby turns history inside out to offer a provocative new understanding of violent confrontation over the centuries.

Contents:

"Kinsmen, neighbors, and compatriots"

Uncivil wars

Genocide in history : kill thy neighbor

Fearful symmetries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439100240 :

1439100241

OCLC:

649417868