Prologue: violence as tragedy. Part 1 The pathology of violence: visits to hell - entering the world of the prison; dead souls; violent action as symbolic language - myth, ritual and tragedy. Part 2 The ''germ theory'' of violence: how to think about violence; shame - the emotions and morality of violence. Part 3 The epidemiology of violence: the symbolism of punishment; how to increase the rate of violence - and why; the deadliest form of violence in poverty; the biology of violence; culture, gender and violence - ''we are not women''. Epilogue - civilization and its malcontents. Acknowledgements.
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