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The idea of complexity states that most things tend to organize themselves into recurring patterns, even when these patterns are not immediately visible to an e

This study focuses on conceptual questions that arise when we explore the fundamental aspects of violence. Mark Vorobej teases apart what is meant by the term �

Offers an alternative picture of the causes of human violence, showing strategies for change through concerted societal action.

René Girard (1923-) was Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford Unviersity from 1981 until his retirement in 1995. Violence and t