Violence, power, and culture
Premodernity and violence
Premodernity : impact on the church
Premodernity : violence through gossip, shame, and humor
Modernity, rationality, and violence
Destructive envy, jealousy, and scapegoating in modernity
Postmodernity : background to new forms of violence
Demanding certitudes : ethnicity, fundamentalism, restorationism
Paramodern culture : signals of transcendence
Epilogue: A parable for our time.
