Man's will to hurt : investigating the causes, supports and varieties of his violence

Summary: This book identifies how men code their will to hurt to make it moral, and how they ignore the drastic realities of excessive male violence. It shows how male violence is entrenched in society and infused into concepts of masculinity and sexuality. It identifies how men "pump up" their violence while denying that they are doing anything wrong.

Record details

ISBN: 1895686067 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
127 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Halifax : Fernwood Publishing, 1992.
Copyright: ©1992

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Discovery -- Explanations:"Domestic" violence, violence against women, violent crime and corporate violence -- Explanations: human aggression -- Good guys and bad guys:violent morality plays and personal lessons -- Conceptually speaking: the will to hurt and its pragmatics -- The male code of violence and its confusions -- Changes.