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Bloodlust : on the roots of violence from Cain and Abel to the present

Title
  1. Bloodlust : on the roots of violence from Cain and Abel to the present / Russell Jacoby.
Published by
  1. New York : Free Press, 2011.
Author
  1. Jacoby, Russell.

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Description
  1. xvi, 233 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. Russell Jacoby argues that violence erupts most often, and most savagely, between those of us most closely related. Weaving together the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Freud's "narcissism of minor differences," insights on anti-Semitism and misogyny, as well as fresh analyses of "civil" bloodbaths from the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in the sixteenth century to genocide and terrorism in our own time, Jacoby turns history inside out to offer a provocative new understanding of violent confrontation over the centuries.
Subject
  1. Violence > History
  2. Violence > Psychological aspects
  3. HISTORY / Social History
  4. Violence
  5. Våld > historia
  6. Våld > psykologiska aspekter
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. "Kinsmen, neighbors, and compatriots" -- Uncivil wars -- Genocide in history : kill thy neighbor -- Fearful symmetries.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.