| The Sacred Monstrous: A Reflection on Violence in Human Communities Contributor(s): Hamblet, Wendy C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739107437 ISBN-13: 9780739107430 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $46.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: In The Sacred Monstrous author Wendy Hamblet traces the historical and social fact of violence through the work of Girard, Bloch, Lorenz and Burket. She takes up the charge advanced by social theorists, anthropologists and others that violence is steeped in our being; it pervades our generations and is imbedded in the ethos of our modern institutions. Hamblet's discussion of human history re-frames our understanding of how violence works in history and society. The Sacred Monstrous is a salient work of continentally informed philosophy that contributes significantly to any discussion of violence and conflict in the social sciences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 303.601 |
| LCCN: 2003020506 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.44 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this important book re-positions violence-long trivialized by philosophers as an incidental or anomalous feature of humanity-as a central concern for ethical thought. Wendy Hamblet focuses on a fundamental paradox that emerges when well-meaning communities and individuals attempt to implement their ideals in our social, or socialized, world. Very often the unintended consequences of these individual or communal ideals run headlong into the brute fact of bloody human engagement. Through her investigation of violence-legitimization in myth and ancient tales, philosophical accounts (from Plato to Nietzsche), the concept of home as 'refuge, ' and recent social scientific data, Hamblet takes up the charge that violence is steeped in our being-it pervades human history and is embedded in the ethos of our modern institutions-and gives us essential tools for better understanding how violence actually operates |
