Violence, Society and Radical Theory : Bataille, Baudrillard and Contemporary Society

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Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard, applying these to a range of violent events - events often labelled 'inexplicable' - in order to show how even the most extreme of acts can be seen as socially meaningful.Abstract: Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and JeanBaudrillard.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Bataille
Baudrillard
Georges
Jean
Pawlett
William - Language
- English
- Series
- Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
- ISBN
- 9781409455431
- Release date
- 2013