A Terrible Beauty: An Exploration of the Positive Role of Violence in Life, Culture and Society

by Leon Whiteson

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An explosive and timely topic! This book explore the various aspects of violence from historical, cultural, literary and personal perspectives. Whiteson argues that what sex was to the nineteenth century, violence is to the 20th century -- a fact of existence but banished to a netherworld.
  • ISBN10 0889627177
  • ISBN13 9780889627178
  • Publish Date 1 January 2010
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Mosaic Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 150
  • Language English