Sunday, January 5, 2020

War And Peace, By Nancy Scheper Hughes And Philippe

In an age of multiple overlapping crises involving public institutions, war, capital and law, we witness a normalization of violence in everyday life. Violence, as defined by the World Health Organization is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community that may result in various harms ranging from psychological harm and deprivation to injury and death. From an anthropological perspective, all dimensions of violence are shaped by cultural and social structures, ideas and ideologies. In their publication titled Violence in War and Peace, Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Philippe Bourgois suggest that expressions and repressions of violence are sometimes so deeply embedded in broader socio-cultural structures that they go unrecognized. According to Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois, these misrecognized and often invisible forms of violence-- racism, inequality and exclusion--are often not â€Å"disapproved of† nor seen as â€Å"deviant† behavior but, are â€Å"generally applauded conventional social, economic and political norms† (5). From these larger social, cultural, and political systems, violence derives its power and meaning. Examining instances of violence in these ways, within their wider contexts of power and meaning, is critical for a variety of reasons. First, it provides a foundation for understanding other forms of violence, such as interpersonal or gender-based violence; second, it reveals thatShow MoreRelatedFeminicide, Gender Violence Agains t Women5270 Words   |  22 Pageswomen in Juà ¡rez and it has certainly aided in the murders that have been and are still being committed against them. Overall, we see many inequalities between genders that in turn create subversive power hierarchies as described by researchers like Philippe Bourgois. This ï ¬â€šip-ï ¬â€šopping of gender roles within the workplace as well as domestically within the household opposing traditional notions of what men and women were supposed to do, we see systemic examples of gender-based violence. The underlyingRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesCollege Michael Cruz, San Jose State University Robert Cyr, Northwestern University Evelyn Dadzie, Clark Atlanta University Joseph Daly, Appalachian State University Denise Daniels, Seattle Pacific University Marie Dasborough, Oklahoma State University Nancy Da Silva, San Jose State University C hristine Day, Eastern Michigan University Emmeline de Pillis, University of Hawaii, Hilo Kathy Lund Dean, Idaho State University Roger Dean, Washington Lee University Robert DelCampo, University of New Mexico

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