Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence

ISBN-13: 9781032157702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 306 str.

Randall Collins

Opis

What determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does? Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Collins shows what makes some protests more violent than others and why some revolutions are swift and non-violent tipping-points while others devolve into lengthy civil wars.

Recenzje

"This book is a major contribution to Collins' influential theories of violence. It has a breadth and novelty of argument that can't be found elsewhere."

-- Ralph Schroeder, Oxford University

"Collins offers a fresh and provocative perspective on the sociology of violence and grand theory."

--Elijah Anderson, Yale University

"Collins offers a way forward for sociology free of moralizing, doctrine, and prejudice that infects the work of others. Although instructors of a very wide range of courses teach Collins's many books, this book is clearly a great choice for courses on sociological theory, historical sociology, political sociology, sociology of violence and conflict, and courses on public order/crowds/movements."

--Anthony King, University of Warwick

Spis treści

Introduction: Emergent and Self-Propelling Conflicts, Part 1. Time-Dynamics, 1 C-Escalation and D-escalation: A Theory of the Time-Dynamics of Conflict, 2 Time-bubbles of Nationalism, 3 Tipping-point Revolutions and State-breakdown Revolutions: Why Revolutions Succeed or Fail, 4 Time-Dynamics of Violence from Micro to Macro, Part 2. The Eye of the Needle: Emotional Processes, 5 Material Interests are Ambiguous, so Interaction Rituals Steer Political Movements, 6 Mood Swings in the Downfall of the English Revolution, 7 When History Holds its Breath: the Takeoff of the French Revolution, 8 Assault on the US Capitol: 2021, 1917, 1792, Part 3. War and Sport: Dynamics of Winning, Losing, and Stalemate, 9 Micro-sociology of Sport, 10 Battle Dynamics: Victory and Defeat, 11 High-tech War in Theory and Reality, 12 Terrorist Tactics: Symbiosis with High-tech, 13 Emotional Domination and Resistance to Sexual Aggression, 14 Clues to Mass Rampage Killers, 15 Cool-headed Cops Needed (and Cool Heads on the Street): Heart-rate Monitors Can Head Off Atrocities, Conclusion: Optimistic Discoveries in the Sociology of Violence

O autorze

Randall Collins is the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles and books are influential in many academic disciplines throughout the world. His books include Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change, and Conflict Sociology: A Sociological Classic Updated (Routledge).