A Genealogy of Social Violence: Founding Murder, Rawlsian Fairness, and the Future of the Family

by Clint Jones

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Examining the mimetic theory of Ren Girard, this book investigates the development of society as a result of an original crime (a murder) that shaped the way the earliest humans organized the social structures we live with today - an analysis that reveals the dangerous structure of the most basic social relationships. With attention to family relationships, A Genealogy of Social Violence sheds light on the processes by which the traditional nuclear...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1138274607

ISBN13:9781138274600

Release Date:December 2016

Publisher:Routledge

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Philosophy Social Science Social Sciences

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