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Genocidal wars, concentration camps, firebombed cities, spreading plagues of private the twentieth century has seen more than its fair share of violence, planned and unplanned, with prospects of still more to come. And yet, argues John Keane, among the paradoxes of this long century of violence is the paucity of imaginative reflection on the conceptual meaning, cause and effects, and ethical-political implications of violence itself. Comparable to Hannah Arendts classic On Violence , Keanes book challenges this indifference. It throws fresh light on the notion that we are drifting towards a new middle ages marked by uncivil wars sanctioned by decentralized powerswarlords, gangsters, sectswhich the modern state was supposed to eliminate. John Keane shows how the term violence is riddled with ambiguities, and he confronts the argument, stretching back from St Augustine to Freud, that violence is rooted in human nature. Rejecting simple-minded pacifism, he goes on to formulate a theory of uncivil society and to examine the practical possibilities for greater civility. Above all, he insists that political philosophy and democratic politics must urgently address the issue of violence, n

Author

Keane, John, 1949-

Publisher

Verso Books

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781859841150

Subjects

Sociology, Political Science, Social_sciences

Rating

3.53 / 5 (155 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14