Bibliograph

The hidden structure of violence, who benefits from global violence and war, by Marc Pilisuk and Jennifer Achord Rountree

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Label

The hidden structure of violence, who benefits from global violence and war, by Marc Pilisuk and Jennifer Achord Rountree

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hidden structure of violence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

895731538

Responsibility statement

by Marc Pilisuk and Jennifer Achord Rountree

Sub title

who benefits from global violence and war

Summary

Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy decision that contaminates drinking water, and they may leave behind a smoldering village or a starved child. The all-pervasive occurrence of violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of the human world, particularly in a modern era. But, in this detailed and expansive book, Marc Pilisuk and Jennifer Rountree demonstrate otherwise. Widespread violence, they argue, is in fact an expression of the underlying social order, and whether it is carried out by military forces or by patterns of investment, the aim is to strengthen that order for the benefit of the powerful. The Hidden Structure of Violence marshals vast amounts of evidence to examine the costs of direct violence, including military preparedness and the social reverberations of war, alongside the costs of structural violence, expressed as poverty and chronic illness. It also documents the relatively small number of people and corporations responsible for facilitating the violent status quo, whether by setting the range of permissible discussion or benefiting directly as financiers and manufacturers. The result is a stunning indictment of our violent world and a powerful critique of the ways through which violence is reproduced on a daily basis, whether at the highest levels of the state or in the deepest recesses of the mind.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The costs of modern war -- Killing : war and the minds of men -- The hidden structure of violence -- People, farmland, water, and narcotics -- Networks of power -- Realpolitik: strategies and tactics for winning -- Disinformation -- Values and habits that maintain a violent system -- The evolution of corporate power to inflict -- Violence and injustice : dangers and hopes

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