Disenchantment with democracy a psychological perspective
"For a very long period of human history, direct physical violence used to be one of the main means of obtaining power, wealth, and prestige, as well as social control, socialization of children and regulation of social relations. Human societies were also developing various ways of controlling...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Series in political psychology
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "For a very long period of human history, direct physical violence used to be one of the main means of obtaining power, wealth, and prestige, as well as social control, socialization of children and regulation of social relations. Human societies were also developing various ways of controlling and curtailing direct violence, primarily the in-group one. Major changes in the social functions of violence were associated with the development of liberal thought and liberal institutions - the free market and the democratic political system. Liberal culture and liberal mentality have delegitimized all kinds of physical violence, except as defence of human rights and freedoms"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references ([221]-235) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xx, 251 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780190078584 978-0-19-007858-4 |