(Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace / Richard Jackson.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Richard, 1967- author.

Conference Name:

Global Conference on Cultures of Violence (3rd : 2002 : Prague, Czech Republic)

Series:

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 12.

At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Congresses.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Editions Rodopi B.V., [2004]

Summary:

(Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace brings together eleven original essays that were presented at the Third Global Conference on Cultures of Violence held in August 2002 in Prague. Covering an array of violence-related subjects, and a range of methodologies-textual, historical, theoretical, quantitative-the resulting volume is a multifaceted exploration of how cultures of violence are constructed, and how they can be deconstructed and replaced with cultures of peace. In part one, the authors aim to map and describe some of the important cultures of violence in our modern world-interstate war, civil war, criminal punishment, religious conflict, hooliganism-as an initial step towards understanding violence as a cultural construction. Part two explores aspects of the (re)construction of culture of peace. Specifically, the challenges encountered in attempting to conceptualise, study, or transform cultures of violence are examined. A common theme throughout the book is that violence is a fluid social and cultural construct-it is made by individuals, groups, and social forces. The implications of this are more than simply ontological: if violence is made, it can also be unmade; if cultures of violence are socially and politically constructed, they can also be de-constructed.

Contents:

Richard JACKSON: Introduction

Part 1 Constructing Cultures of Violence

Brian SANDBERG: The Infection of Heresy: Religious Conquest and Confessional Violence in Early Modern France

Randal L. HALL: Constructing Violence: Historical Memory and a 1912 Courtroom Massacre in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains

Christopher MACALLISTER: The (Re)Legitimisation of State Violence in Britain and the USA

Richard JACKSON: The Social Construction of Internal War

Przemyslaw PIOTROWSKI: Soccer Hooliganism in Poland: Its Extent, Dynamism and Psycho-Social Conditions

Jennifer SUCHLAND: Sexual Morality and the Impossibility of a Violent Act

Part 2 (Re)Constructing Cultures of Peace

Gwyneth BODGER: Generating Genre: Towards a Way of Addressing the Holocaust and Hiroshima

Elissa TEEPLE: Transitions from Violence to Peace: A Cultural Change Model

John MOUKAS: High Politics Versus Violence: The Kosovo Compromise

Martha APOSTOLIDOU: Teacher Training for Prevention of Domestic Abuse

Joseph DREW: Conclusion: The Challenges of Future Research On Violence.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Jackson, Richard (Re)Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace

ISBN:

9789004495357

OCLC:

1288215859

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004495357 DOI