Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death [Paperback]

This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence, terrorist acts, genocide, and in many other ways. As we entered the twenty-first century, we experienced 9/11, the Red Lake School deaths, suicide bombers, and more mass death brought about by the actions of governments, revolutionaries, terrorists, and still more wars. The need to better understand violence, both lethal and non-lethal, to become aware of the many forms of violence, and to learn how to survive in the aftermath of violent death are the focus of Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death.

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I IntroductionThe Nature of Violence

 Chapter 1
 Good Violence/Bad Violence:Its Impact on Children and Suggested Responses Robert G. Stevenson

 Chapter 2
 Violence in the Family: Spirituality/Religion as Culprit and Comfort Reverend Richard B. Gilbert

 Chapter 3
 Conflict and Violence Within the Workplace: An Existentialist Analysis Neil Thompson

 Chapter 4
 Violence and the Dehumanization of Victims in Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Through Literature Gregory Paul Wegner

 Chapter 5
 Religious Violence and Weapons of Mass Destruction Timothy Kullman

PART II Encounters with Violence

 Chapter 6
 Resisting the Magnet: A Study of South African Children's Engagements with Neighborhood Violence Jenny Parkes

 Chapter 7
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