This radical and thought-provoking book argues that violence does not result from a breakdown of morality, but is morally motivated.

“A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical forebears, and contemporary

"Violence and Virtue examines a single, uniquely powerful painting: Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. A quintessential example of early Baroqu

The 1899 lynching of Sam Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the earliest and most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Hose was a black laborer

Scholars of European history assert that war makes states, just as states make war. This study finds that in China, the challenges of governing produced a traje