Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence

ISBN-13: 9781009162791 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Sinisa (University College Dublin) Malesevic

Opis

Malešević offers a novel sociological answer to the age-old question: 'Why do humans fight?', by emphasising the centrality of social contexts that make fighting possible.

Recenzje

'Sinisa Malešević has delivered a sweeping social history of face-to-face violence. In this masterful book, Malešević shows how violence is an inherently social, relational phenomenon, and he identifies the social structures that lay the foundation for organized killing. This book is ambitious, rigorous, and deeply convincing.' Erica Chenoweth, Harvard University

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction: The social anatomy of fighting; 1. The body and the mind: Biology and the close-range violence; 2. Profiting from fighting: The economics of micro-level violence; 3. Clashing beliefs: The ideological fighters; 4. Enforcing fighting: Coercing humans into violence; 5. Fighting for others: The networks of micro-bonds; 6. Avoiding violence: The structural context of non-fighting; 7. Social pugnacity in the combat zone; 8. Organisational power and social cohesion on the battlefield; 9. Emotions and the close-range fighting; 10. Killing in war: The emotional dynamics of pugnacity; 11. The future of close-range violence; Conclusion.