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Killing others : a natural history of ethnic violence / Matthew Lange

Author
Lange, Matthew
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
The nature and nurture of ethnic violence -- Modernity and ethnic violence -- Teaching peace or violence? -- The origins of ethnic consciousness -- The origins of ethnic pluralism -- Emotional prejudice and ethnic obligations : motives of ethnic violence -- States and ethnic violence : containing violence or instigating unrest? -- From worst to first : declining ethnic violence in early modernizers -- Modernity and ethnic violence in Africa, Asia, and Latin America -- The future of ethnic violence.
Summary
This work explores why humans ruthlessly attack and kill people from other ethnic communities. Drawing on an array of cases from around the world and insight from a variety of disciplines, the text provides a simple yet powerful explanation that pinpoints the influential role of modernity in the growing global prevalence of ethnic violence over the past 200 years.
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ISBN
9781501707773 (electronic bk.)
1501707779 (electronic bk.)
9781501707766 (electronic book)
1501707760 (electronic book)
1501704877
9781501704871
9781501704871 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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