The Peculiar Temporality of Violence
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This paper argues that it is not violence and its destructive consequences that are causally effective or the "instrument of power," but rather our narratives about violence that we construct after the event of violence.
The Peculiar Temporality of Violence
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Robert Thornton
Robert Thornton is the Professor of Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He obtained his PhD in Anthropology from The University of Chicago.
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