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A Genealogy of Social Violence: Founding Murder, Rawlsian Fairness, and the Future of the Family - Classical and Contemporary Social Theory Clint Jones New edition
A Genealogy of Social Violence: Founding Murder, Rawlsian Fairness, and the Future of the Family - Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
Clint Jones
Examining the mimetic theory of Rene 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.
272 pages, Includes 7 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 20, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781472417220 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 14 mm · 566 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Mestrovic, Dr. Stjepan |