Collision of Wills
How Ambiguity About Social Rank Breeds Conflict
Minor debts, derisive remarks, a fight over a parking space, butting in line--these are the little things that nevertheless account for much of the violence in human society. But why? Roger V. Gould considers this intriguing question in Collision of Wills. He argues that human conflict is more likely to occur in symmetrical relationships--among friends or social equals--than in hierarchical ones, wherein the difference of social rank between the two individuals is already established. This, he maintains, is because violence most often occurs when someone wants to achieve superiority or dominance over someone else, even if there is no substant…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-226-30550-9
- EAN: 9780226305509
- Produktnummer: 1732947
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B14.4 cm x D2.3 cm 294 g
- Auflage: 2nd ed.
- Gewicht: 294
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Roger V. Gould was a professor of sociology at Yale University and visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation when he died in 2002. He wrote Insurgent Identities and edited The Rational Choice Controversy in Historical Sociology, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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