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Social, cultural and historical contingencies aside, violence is an anthropological constant of mankind. Because of our corporeality we can harm people and we know we can be harmed by others.1 Not only violence itself but also the potential for it and the collective struggle to keep it at bay are therefore major driving forces behind the emergence of social order.
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Gerster, M., Krämer, S., Ziegler, D. (2015). Introduction. In: Ziegler, D., Gerster, M., Krämer, S. (eds) Framing Excessive Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137514431_1
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