Manners and Violence

by Ignacio L. Gotz

Most contemporary analyses of violence focus on economic, social, and political inequalities as well as on a general malaise. In contrast, G tz claims that violence arises, in part, from a loss of respect for others concomitant with a decline of manners and courtesy. Manners are expressions of respect. Eliminate manners and respect vanishes with them.

The connection between the decline of manners and the increase of violence is documented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275970078
• ISBN13: 9780275970079
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"