Rising Up And Rising Down by William T. Vollmann
Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means
An encyclopedic, immersive investigation into the causes, justifications, and human consequences of violence across history and cultures, blending philosophical argument, legal and ethical analysis, firsthand reportage from conflict zones, and literary reflection to probe when—if ever—killing can be morally defended; it refuses simple answers, catalogues case studies from personal encounters to historical atrocities, and maps the social, economic, and psychological forces that lead individuals, groups, and states to commit or resist violence.
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- 2003
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