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  1. Savage pastimes
    a cultural history of violent entertainment
    Author: Schechter, Harold
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  St. Martin's Press, New York

    Does violence in movies, on television and in comic strips and cartoons rot our children's brains and make zombies-or worse, criminals-of adults at the fringes? In this cogent, well-researched book, American pop-culture expert Harold Schechter argues... more

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    Does violence in movies, on television and in comic strips and cartoons rot our children's brains and make zombies-or worse, criminals-of adults at the fringes? In this cogent, well-researched book, American pop-culture expert Harold Schechter argues that exactly the opposite is true: a basic human need is given an outlet through violent images in popular media. Moving from an exploration of early broadsheet engravings showing torture and the atrocities of war, to the depictions of crime in "penny dreadfuls," to scenes of violence in today's movies and video games, Schechter not only traces the history of disturbing images but details the outrage that has inevitably accompanied them. By the twentieth century, the culture vultures were out in full force, demonizing comic books and setting up a pattern of equating testosterone-fueled entertainment with aggression. According to Schechter, nothing could be further from the truth. He also blasts those who bemoan the alleged increased violence in media today, and who conveniently scapegoat popular entertainment for a variety of cultural ills, including increased crime and real-life violence. Though American pop culture is far more technologically sophisticated today, Schechter shows that it is far less brutal than the entertainments of previous generations. Savage Pastimes is a rich, eye-opening brief history that will make you rethink your assumptions about what we watch and how it affects us all. Argues that violence in the media actually serves as a beneficial outlet, presenting corollary challenges to current beliefs about excessive violence in today's media and entertainment to contend that the modern generation's exposure to violence is less than that of historical periods. By the author of The Serial Killer Files.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0312282761
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Subjects: Geweld; Massamedia; Gewalt; Medien; Array; Array; Gewalt <Motiv>; Massenmedien; Geschichte
    Scope: 192 S., Ill.
  2. Sanctified violence in Homeric society
    oath-making rituals and narratives in The Iliad
    Author: Kitts, Margo
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

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    Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg
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    Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Bibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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  3. The step back
    ethics and politics after deconstruction
    Author: Wood, David C.
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  State Univ. of New York Press, Albany, NY

    This original contribution to the ethical and political significance of philosophy addresses a number of major themes-identity, violence, the erotic, freedom, responsibility, religious belief, globalization-and critically engages with the work of... more

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    This original contribution to the ethical and political significance of philosophy addresses a number of major themes-identity, violence, the erotic, freedom, responsibility, religious belief, globalization-and critically engages with the work of Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Derrida, and Levinas. It promotes a unique blend of deconstructive critique and a certain English skepticism, leading to the affirmation of a negative capability-a patience and vigilance in the face of both human folly and philosophy's own homegrown pathologies. The author argues for the extension of our sense of openness and responsibility to animal life, and indeed life in general, and not just to the human. Book jacket.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0791464636
    RVK Categories: CC 7200
    Series: SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
    Subjects: Ethiek; Geweld; Politiek; Ethik; Gewalt; Politik; Violence; Dekonstruktion; Ethik; Gewalt
    Scope: IX, 238 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  4. Sanctified violence in Homeric society
    oath-making rituals and narratives in The Iliad
    Author: Kitts, Margo
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

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    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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