Deep Violence: Military Violence, War Play, and the Social Life of Weapons

TitleDeep Violence: Military Violence, War Play, and the Social Life of Weapons
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsBourke, Joanna
Number of Pages356
PublisherCounterpoint
CityBerkeley, CA
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This monograph investigates the ways that violence and war have become internalized in contemporary human consciousness in everything from the way we speak, to the way our children play with one another, to the way that we ascribe social characteristics to our guns and other weapons. With a remarkable depth of insight, Bourke argues for a radical overhaul of our collective stance towards militarism from one that simply aims to reduce violence against people to one that would eradicate all violence. Her message is judicious and vital: knowledge about weapons and the violence they bring has simply become too important to cast aside or leave to the experts.

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