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What is the Problem with Revenge?: Exploring the Conundrum

What is the Problem with Revenge?: Exploring the Conundrum

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What is revenge? Is it a deliciously sweet and non-fattening affair, as Alfred Hitchcock suggested? Or is it, as John Ford argued, an all-consuming affair, inevitably proving more damaging to the avenger? Herein lies the focus of this book: it explores the puzzling, conflicting and intricate nature of revenge. Welcome to the conundrum. With fifteen multidisciplinary chapters, this book tries to disentangle this puzzlement. The first part of this book explores the philosophical dimensions, including notions of the self and the linking of 'punishment' and 'revenge.' The second part offers historical perspectives on revenge, from nation states in conflict situations to the internal battles of an ancient royal family. The third part investigates socio-cultural examples of revenge, consisting of ethnographic accounts of cultures and examinations of mass killings. Finally, the fourth and largest part examines the 'storytelling' of revenge, ranging from classical literature depictions to contemporary televisual narratives

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Let the Flames Begin: Introducing the Conundrum Andrew Baker, Selina E. M. Doran and Mary Ann O'Grady Part 1: Revenge and the Self Decontextualisation, Fantasy, Desubjectification: The Dreamscape of Revenge Steve Larocco The Integrality of Self-Knowledge to a Revengeful State of Mind Parnika Goel What is so Bad about Revenge? Raphaelle Thery Part 2: Histories of Revenge 'Revenge' versus 'Retribution' in Islam: Cultural Origins and Conflicting Paradigms Cynthia Finlayson Borderlands, Cross-Cultural Exchange and Revenge in the Medieval and Early Modern Balkans: Roots of Present Regional Conflicts or Merely a Historical Case-Study? Klemen Pust Post-Conflict Revenge: Intersubjectivity as a Lens for Understanding both Collective and Individual Behaviour Sheila C. Bibb Part 3: Revenge and Societies Mediating Revenge: Utu and Maori War Captives Hazel Petrie Matricide and the Origins of Social Order in the Athenian Polis and a South Indian Fishing Village Charles W. Nuckolls Thinking the Unthinkable: Examining this Phenomenon Called Filicide Mary Ann O'Grady 'Once You Decide to Strike, It is Better to Kill too Many than not Enough': The Oslo and Virginia Tech Shootings as 'Performed Revenge' Selina E. M. Doran Part 4: Revenge in Storytelling Vengeance between Friends: Aristotle and Film Ben Mulvey Satiric Revenge and the Baggage of Anger: The Case of Juvenal Catherine Keane Revenge and Mercy in Latin Epic Poetry from Vergil to the Middle Ages Henry Bayerle Revenge and Madness in Kill Bill Megan Saunders We Get Bloody: Revenge Ethos in 'Sons of Anarchy' and Outlaw Biker Culture Andrew Baker


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848881648
  • Publisher: Inter/Connexions
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Exploring the Conundrum
  • ISBN-10: 1848881649
  • Publisher Date: 28 Feb 2013
  • Language: English


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