Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard, applying these to a range of violent events - events often labelled 'inexplicable' - in order to show how even the most extreme of acts can be seen as socially meaningful.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction:; Chapter 1 Bataille, Baudrillard and the Theorisation of Violence; Chapter 2 Violence, Society and Excess; Chapter 3 The Simulacrum of Sex: Serial Killing and Intra-Genic Violence; Chapter 4 Re-Thinking 'Spree Killing'; Chapter 5 Fascism, Terrorism and Hatred; Conclusion;