Vengeance: The fight against injustice

by Pietro Marongiu and Graeme R Newman

The authors investigate the underlying cultural, psychological, and social forces that have helped to form the concept of retributive justice as it exists today in both the public mind, social media and the legal system. Drawing upon such diverse representations of vengeance as Greek mythology, the plays of Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, the folklore of the Wild West, the Mafia, and contemporary films, the authors examine the historic and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911577009
• ISBN13: 9780911577006
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Harrow and Heston
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"