{"product_id":"violence-today-leo-panitch-9781583671818","title":"Violence Today: Actually Existing Barbarism?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst the carnage of the First World War, Rosa Luxemburg posed a stark choice for humanity: socialism or barbarism. \u003cb\u003eViolence Today\u003c\/b\u003e asks if current patterns mark a decent into the barbarism that Luxemburg feared and if a just society, one capable of transcending the endemic violence of the neoliberal order, is possible in the new century.\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful and provocative new collection explores the roots of violence -- military, terrorist, criminal, and casual -- in contemporary society. It analyzes the social context, history, and structure of modern violence, casting light on patterns and practices from America's inner cities and prisons to \"failed states\" like Afghanistan. \u003cb\u003eViolence Today\u003c\/b\u003e also gives special attention to debate within the Left about violence, including a controversial defense of armed struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e John Berger, Leo Panitch and Colin Leys, Peter Thomas, Vivek Chibber, Christian Parenti, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Georgi Derluguian, Sofiri Joab-Peterside, Ulrich Oslender, Achin Vanaik, Barabara Harriss-White, Lynne Segal, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs, Dennis Rodgers, Avishai Erlich, Philip Green, Garance Upham, Mary des Chenes and Stephen Mikesell, Samir Amin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Panitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583671811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583671818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monthly Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 89","brand":"Leo Panitch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202977284351,"sku":"9781583671818","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc7826c9-7604-417b-847e-f108c468900d.jpg?v=1756833956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/violence-today-leo-panitch-9781583671818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}