Richard Mc Mahon, Homicide in Pre-Famine and Famine Ireland
In his compelling and well-written account of early-nineteenth-century Ireland, Richard Mc Mahon manages to put an examination of physical aggression on Europe’s periphery at the centre of debates about European violence, the role of political or religious ideas in causing it, the success of a “civ...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2019
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | In his compelling and well-written account of early-nineteenth-century Ireland, Richard Mc Mahon manages to put an examination of physical aggression on Europe’s periphery at the centre of debates about European violence, the role of political or religious ideas in causing it, the success of a “civilising process” in restraining it, and the utility of evolutionary psychology in understanding it. Addressing many arguments by other historians, Mc Mahon also has a clear aim of his own: question... |
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