Violence

Situation, Speciality, Politics, and Storytelling

David Wästerfors (Lund University, Sweden)

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Violence in society; Social theory; Crime & criminology

Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

This book considers how the concept of violence has been interpreted, used, defined, and explored by social researchers and thinkers. It does not provide a final answer to the question of what violence is or how it should be explained (or prevented), and instead offers a variety of useful ways of thinking about and theorising the phenomenon, mainly from a sociological standpoint.

It outlines four ways of understanding violence:

• Violence as situation: the tension that exists between category-driven and situational explanations.

• Violence as speciality: the study of particularly violent actors, and how they may be understood by reference to childhood histories, technologies, institutions, culture, class, and gender.

• Violence as politics: political violence and violent politics.

• Violence as storytelling: representations of violence from a narrative perspective.

Concluding with reflections on possible convergences between the four approaches and new directions for research, this book offers a unique and experimental approach to discussing and reconstructing the concept of violence. It is essential reading for criminologists, sociologists, and philosophers alike.

By: David Wästerfors (Lund University Sweden)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781032204482
ISBN 10: 1032204486
Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Imagine… 1.Violence as situation 2.Violence as specialty 3.Violence as politics 4.Violence as storytelling 5.Scraps and side-tracks

David Wästerfors is Professor of Sociology at Lund University, Sweden.

Reviews for Violence: Situation, Speciality, Politics, and Storytelling

"Brimming with novel insights, Wästerfors lays out a vast array of new paths for research as he masterfully reviews a generation of research on violence. Jack Katz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCLA ""Brimming with novel insights, Wästerfors lays out a vast array of new paths for research as he masterfully reviews a generation of research on violence"". Jack Katz, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCLA"