ABSTRACT

Essays reflecting on our understanding and moral judgement of violence. The essays argue that even serious violence is not a simple fact, but a category of thought and practice rooted in history, culture and society.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

The Violence of Censure and the Censure of Violence

chapter |23 pages

The Nazi Censure of Art:

Aesthetics and the Process of Annihilation

chapter |23 pages

Natural Born Killers

Violence, Film and Anxiety