Violence and Subjectivity

Bys: Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, Mamphela Ramphele, et al.

Book Overview

The essays in Violence and Subjectivity, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, consider the ways in which violence shapes subjectivity and acts upon people's capacity to engage everyday life. Like its predecessor volume, Social Suffering, which explored the different ways social force inflicts harm on individuals and groups, this collection ventures into many areas of ongoing violence, asking how people live...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520216083
• ISBN13: 9780520216082
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"