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Violence : reflections on a national epidemic / James Gilligan.

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General Note:	Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1996.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-294) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue : violence as tragedy -- Part I: the pathology of violence -- Visits to hell : entering the world of prison -- Dead souls -- Violent action as symbolic language : myth, ritual, and tragedy -- Part II: the "germ theory" of violence -- How to think about violence -- Shame : the emotions and morality of violence -- Part III: the epidemiology of violence -- The symbolism of punishment -- How to increase the rate of violence - and why -- The deadliest form of violence is poverty -- The biology of violence -- Culture, gender, and violence : "we are not women" -- Epilogue : civilization and its malcontents.