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Minor debts, derisive remarks, a fight over a parking space, butting in line—these are the little things that nevertheless account for much of the violence in human society. But why? Roger V. Gould considers this intriguing question in Collision of Wills. He argues that human conflict is more likely to occur in symmetrical relationships—among friends or social equals—than in hierarchical ones, wherein the difference of social rank between the two individuals is already established.
This, he maintains, is because violence most often occurs when someone wants to achieve superiority or dominance over someone else, even if there is no substantive reason for doing so. In making the case for this original idea, Gould explores a diverse range of examples, including murders, blood feuds, vendettas, revolutions, and the everyday disagreements that compel people to act violently. The result is an intelligent and provocative work that restores the study of conflict to the center of social inquiry.
This, he maintains, is because violence most often occurs when someone wants to achieve superiority or dominance over someone else, even if there is no substantive reason for doing so. In making the case for this original idea, Gould explores a diverse range of examples, including murders, blood feuds, vendettas, revolutions, and the everyday disagreements that compel people to act violently. The result is an intelligent and provocative work that restores the study of conflict to the center of social inquiry.
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Minor debts, derisive remarks, a fight over a parking space, butting in line—these are the little things that nevertheless account for much of the violence in human society. But why? Roger V. Gould considers this intriguing question in Collision of Wills. He argues that human conflict is more likely to occur in symmetrical relationships—among friends or social equals—than in hierarchical ones, wherein the difference of social rank between the two individuals is already established.
This, he maintains, is because violence most often occurs when someone wants to achieve superiority or dominance over someone else, even if there is no substantive reason for doing so. In making the case for this original idea, Gould explores a diverse range of examples, including murders, blood feuds, vendettas, revolutions, and the everyday disagreements that compel people to act violently. The result is an intelligent and provocative work that restores the study of conflict to the center of social inquiry.
This, he maintains, is because violence most often occurs when someone wants to achieve superiority or dominance over someone else, even if there is no substantive reason for doing so. In making the case for this original idea, Gould explores a diverse range of examples, including murders, blood feuds, vendettas, revolutions, and the everyday disagreements that compel people to act violently. The result is an intelligent and provocative work that restores the study of conflict to the center of social inquiry.
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One occasionally hears the phrase "senseless violence." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collaborative violence, group contention, symbolic disputes, symmetric dyads, nuclear kin, generalized violence, honor settings, group honor, future selves, asymmetric relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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One occasionally hears the phrase "senseless violence." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collaborative violence, group contention, symbolic disputes, symmetric dyads, nuclear kin, generalized violence, honor settings, group honor, future selves, asymmetric relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, American Sociological Review, Harvard University Press, American Journal of Sociology, New Guinea, University of California Press, American Anthropologist, American South, Diego Gambetta, Louis Homicide Project, Muzafer Sherif, New Haven, Richard Rosenfeld, Stanford University Press, Yale University Press, Anton Blok, Christopher Boehm, Current Anthropology, Ernest Gellner, Georg Simmel, Jane Schneider, Madhya Pradesh New!
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