Why Don't You Just Talk to Him?

by Kathleen R. Arnold

Why Don't You Just Talk to Him? looks at the broad political contexts in which violence, specifically domestic violence, occurs. Kathleen Arnold argues that liberal and Enlightenment notions of the social contract, rationality and egalitarianism -- the ideas that constitute norms of good citizenship -- have an inextricable relationship to violence. According to this dynamic, targets of abuse are not rational, make bad choices, are unable to negotiate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190262281
• ISBN13: 9780190262280
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"