Reducing Political Violence

Narrative Accounts of Crime and Harm
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4841-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This groundbreaking book reveals how complex stories—ranging from war memoirs and political polemics to propaganda and prize-winning fiction—can shape our understanding of ideologically motivated violence. Drawing on the rich tradition of aesthetic education, it offers an original theory connecting the aesthetic, ethical and political dimensions of narrative. The author demonstrates how literature and documentary writing can unmask techniques of neutralisation, expose fictionality and suggest responses to violence and harm.

Uniting criminology, philosophy and literary studies, this timely and accessible book makes a bold case for why narratives matter in tackling terrorism, war and crimes against humanity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcgregor, Rafe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Aesthetic Critique

1. Introduction

2. Aesthetic Education

3. Narrative Ethics

4. Phenomenological Knowledge

5. Political Ideology

Part 2: Narratological Praxis

6. We Could Do Nothing Else: War Crimes

7. Men Who Love Death: Insurgency

8. The Person of the Torturer: Counterinsurgency

9. The Silence of the Night: Crimes Against Humanity

10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Mcgregor, Rafe
Rafe McGregor is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Edge Hill University, prior to which he spent fifteen years in the police and the prison service.