Trust and Violence: An Essay on a Modern Relationship

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A philosophical investigation into the connections between trust and violence

The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? In Trust and Violence, acclaimed German intellectual and public figure Jan Philipp Reemtsma demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691142963

ISBN13:9780691142968

Release Date:April 2012

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.54 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"

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Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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