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A genealogy of social violence : founding murder, Rawlsian fairness, and the future of the family / Clint Jones.

Van Pelt Library HM585 .J66 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jones, Clint Wesley, 1979-
Series:
Classical and contemporary social theory
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sociology--Philosophy.
Sociology.
Social sciences--Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Violence--Social aspects.
Violence.
Families.
Physical Description:
xii, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2013]
Contents:
Framework
Historical and philosophical context
Girardian mimetic theory: objections and responses
"Justice as unfairness": the social contracts of Girard and Rawls
Mythologies of the future: justice, mimesis, and idyllic hope
Utopian undercurrents: undoing mimesis in the social imagination
Squaring the triangle: correcting the Girardian theory of mimesis.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472417220
1472417224
OCLC:
845085658

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