On Retaliation

Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of a Basic Human Condition

324 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations. This book derives a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, defining retaliation as the human disposition to strive for a reactive balancing of conflicts and injustices. On Retaliation presents a synthesized approach to both the violence-generating and violence-avoiding potentials of retaliation. Contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state's monopoly on legitimate punishment and the factors of socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations and economic processes.

• Reihe: Integration and Conflict Studies
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9781785334184
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2017
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Günther Schlee, Bertram Turner