TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pawlett,William
TI  - Violence, Society and Radical Theory: Bataille, Baudrillard and Contemporary Society 
T2  - Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
SN  - 9781409455431
AV  - HM886  .P354 2014
U1  - 303.6 
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Farnham
PB  - Ashgate Publishing Ltd
KW  - Bataille, Georges,
KW  - Baudrillard, Jean,
KW  - Violence
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Bataille, Baudrillard and the Theorisation of Violence; 2 Violence, Society and Excess; 3 The Simulacrum of Sex: Serial Killing and Intra-Genic Violence; 4 Re-Thinking 'Spree Killing'; 5 Fascism, Terrorism and Hatred; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard, applying these to a range of violent events - events often labelled 'inexplicable' - in order to show how even the most extreme of acts can be seen as socially meaningful
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