The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behaviour

Author:   Susanne Kappeler (Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Akhawayn University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9780745613055


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   08 April 1995
Format:   Paperback
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This is a major contribution to feminist theory and debate, addressing issues such as sexual violence, social violence and hatred of foreigners in a lucid and highly original way.

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Author:   Susanne Kappeler (Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Akhawayn University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9780745613055


ISBN 10:   0745613055
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   08 April 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Violence and the Will to Violence. 1. Why the Personal is Political, and Where the Private Comes From. 2. Love of Foreigners and Love of The 'Other'. 3. The Personal Communication Behaviour is Political. 4. Is the Political Psychological?. 5. Psychotherapy, or the Legitimization of Irresponsibility. 6. Ego-Psychology, or My Relationship and I. 7. Ego-Philosophy, or the Battle with Reality. 8. Sex and the Intimate Relationship. 9. Female Desire, or the Democratisation of Violence. 10. Relationship as Trade, or the Free Market of Bodies and Services. 11. Needs, or the Legitimization of Dominance. 12. Identity, or History turned Biology. Resistance and the Will to Resistance. Notes. Index.

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a Susanne Kapperlera s The Will to Violence is elegant, tightly reasoned and both morally and intellectually challenging. It engages the reader in an argument about the nature of violence, choice and responsibility. No position Kappeler puts forth can be ignoreda . Andrea Dworkin, The Times Higher Education Supplement


'Susanne Kapperler's The Will to Violence is elegant, tightly reasoned and both morally and intellectually challenging. It engages the reader in an argument about the nature of violence, choice and responsibility. No position Kappeler puts forth can be ignored'. Andrea Dworkin, The Times Higher Education Supplement


'Susanne Kapperler's The Will to Violence is elegant, tightly reasoned and both morally and intellectually challenging. It engages the reader in an argument about the nature of violence, choice and responsibility. No position Kappeler puts forth can be ignored'. Andrea Dworkin, The Times Higher Education Supplement


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Susanne Kappeler now works as a freelance writer and teaches in England and Germany. She is also the author of The Pornography of Representation (Polity,1986).

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