ABSTRACT
Chapter 12, after highlighting the links that connect the different types of violence presented throughout the book, will optimistically advocate a reduction of all of them. Surely, such reduction would require recognizing what might be broadly called the humanity of others: their distinct lives with their distinct dreams and hopes? Those involved in political violence, however, may find this recognition problematic and opt for clashes. But in the course of history, clashes have often been accompanied by collective emancipation, liberation and democratization, particularly when politics has abandoned cruelty and embraced civility. In our turbulent times, the book concludes, it would be worth acting likewise.
