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9781853028427

Violence : Reflections on a Western Epidemic

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    9781853028427

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    1853028428

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-05-01
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

James Gilligan lays the foundation for a complete re-thinking of the nature and meaning of violence in society. He reveals the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who not only kill other people, but also destroy themselves rather than suffer shame and loss of self-respect. He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, and argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems perpetuate violent behaviour. After his time in the Massachusetts prison system the high rates of suicide and murder within the state prisons there had dropped almost to zero.

Author Biography

James Gilligan MD directed the Center for the Study of Violence at Harvard Medical School.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Violence as Tragedyp. 1
Visits to Hell: Entering the World of the Prisonp. 29
Dead Soulsp. 45
Violent Action as Symbolic Language: Myth, Ritual, and Tragedyp. 57
How to Think About Violencep. 89
Shame: The Emotions and Morality of Violencep. 103
The Symbolism of Punishmentp. 139
How to Increase the Rate of Violence - and Whyp. 163
The Deadliest Form of Violence Is Povertyp. 191
The Biology of Violencep. 209
Culture, Gender, and Violence: "We Are Not Women"p. 225
Epilogue: Civilization and Its Malcontentsp. 241
Notesp. 269
Acknowledgmentsp. 295
Indexp. 299
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