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- Title
The Decline of Violence in the West: From Cultural to Post-Cultural History.
- Authors
Hanlon, Gregory
- Abstract
The article reviews several books and articles on the topic of the decline of violence, social conflict, and murder throughout western history, including the books "The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and its Causes," by Steven Pinker, "A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present," by Robert Muchembled, translated by Jean Birrell, and the article "Human Evolution, History and Violence," edited by Manuel Eisner, published in a special edition of the periodical "British Journal of Criminology."
- Subjects
HISTORY of violence; VIOLENCE &; psychology; SOCIAL conflict; MURDER; WESTERN society; BETTER Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, The (Book); HISTORY of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present, A (Book); BRITISH Journal of Criminology (Periodical); PINKER, Steven, 1954-; MUCHEMBLED, Robert; EISNER, Manuel; HISTORY
- Publication
English Historical Review, 2013, Vol 128, Issue 531, p367
- ISSN
0013-8266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ehr/cet017