Challenges the Western assumption that violence is an essential quality of darker-skinned populations. This book argues that Western imperialist projects are responsible for the violences that rebound in victim societies of the post-colonial world.
Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this book seeks to reposition violence as a central concern for ethical thought.
Punishment and Shame: A Philosophical Study reveals the economic and religious underpinnings to modern notions of crime and punishment. Contra Michel... Læs mere