This book investigates the ideological and political conditions that allow, and sanction, the undisguised political violence of our times. It is concerned with
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Slaps in the face, kicks, beatings, and other forms of run-of-the-mill violence were a quotidian part of life in German Southwest Africa at the beginning of the
In the current information age, Americans are bombarded daily with stories and images portraying a rising tide of violence. Drawing on media that includes telev