Thinking with violence

TY - JOUR

T1 - Thinking with violence

AU - Carroll, Stuart Michael

N1 - © Wesleyan University 2017. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details.

PY - 2017/12/12

Y1 - 2017/12/12

N2 - This article addresses the assumptions that have underpinned historical writing about violence. It identifies a growing disconnect between mainstream historical practice and a new form of “comfort history” written for a popular audience largely by nonhistorians. It explores the reasons for this disconnect by looking at history’s engagement with four other disciplines: psychology, historical sociology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology. It concludes by showing what the possibilities are for a more open dialogue between historians and social scientists and scientists.

AB - This article addresses the assumptions that have underpinned historical writing about violence. It identifies a growing disconnect between mainstream historical practice and a new form of “comfort history” written for a popular audience largely by nonhistorians. It explores the reasons for this disconnect by looking at history’s engagement with four other disciplines: psychology, historical sociology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology. It concludes by showing what the possibilities are for a more open dialogue between historians and social scientists and scientists.

KW - Anthropology

KW - Evolutionary psychology

KW - Historical sociology

KW - Politics

KW - Social relations

KW - Violence

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85037863074&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/hith.12036

DO - 10.1111/hith.12036

M3 - Article

SN - 0018-2656

VL - 56

SP - 23

EP - 43

JO - History and theory

JF - History and theory

IS - 4

ER -