Study Of Revenge

Author : Kieran Shields
Publisher : Crown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307985774

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A Study in Revenge by Kieran Shields Pdf

In 1893, a trail of ashen footprints leads Deputy Archie Lean to the body of a murdered thief. The man’s exposed flesh has been horribly burned and occult symbols mark the nearby walls. Most troubling of all is what Lean witnessed two days earlier: this same man being lowered into his grave without a burn mark on him. Once again, the Portland, Maine, police deputy must turn to the brilliant criminalist Perceval Grey for help. Grey, a half-Abenaki Indian detective, faces problems of his own after agreeing to an elderly tycoon’s death-bed plea to find his long-lost granddaughter. The dying man’s family is less interested in the missing heiress than with the recent theft of an obscure heirloom carved with curious symbols. As the family’s shadowy history is revealed, the three mysteries intersect to draw Lean and Grey into a maze of murder, deceit, and revenge. Each deadly new clue points toward an even greater puzzle—one that will pit Grey against a devious murderer in a race to unlock an ancient and mysterious power.

Author : Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476686493

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Rape-Revenge Films by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Pdf

Often considered the lowest depth to which cinema can plummet, the rape-revenge film is broadly dismissed as fundamentally exploitative and sensational, catering only to a demented, regressive demographic. This second edition, ten years after the first, continues the assessment of these films and the discourse they provoke. Included is a new chapter about women-directed rape-revenge films, a phenomenon that--revitalized since #MeToo exploded in late 2017--is a filmmaking tradition with a history that transcends a contemporary context. Featuring both famous and unknown movies, controversial and widely celebrated filmmakers, as well as rape-revenge cinema from around the world, this revised edition demonstrates that diverse and often contradictory treatments of sexual violence exist simultaneously.

Author : Michael McCullough
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 047026215X

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Beyond Revenge by Michael McCullough Pdf

Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? How can we create a future in which revenge is less common and forgiveness is more common? Psychologist Michael McCullough argues that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in human minds today. Drawing on exciting breakthroughs from the social and biological sciences, McCullough dispenses surprising and practical advice for making the world a more forgiving place. Michael E. McCullough (Miami, Florida), an internationally recognized expert on forgiveness and revenge, is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he directs the Laboratory for Social and Clinical Psychology.

Author : Laura Blumenfeld
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743463393

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Revenge by Laura Blumenfeld Pdf

"But ultimately it is a journey that leads her back home - where she is forced to confront her childhood dreams, her parents' failed marriage, and her ideas about family. In the end, her target turns out to be more complex - and in some ways more threatening - than the stereotypical terrorist she'd long imagined."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Audrey Wells
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030875527

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The Importance of Forgiveness and the Futility of Revenge by Audrey Wells Pdf

Forgiveness is important in international politics because it can save thousands of lives. Its opposite, vengefulness, has played a significant part in various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. These conflicts are examined in this book, showing how forgiveness could have avoided the tremendous ensuing bloodshed. Despite its importance, in the context of international relations, forgiveness as a means of preventing the outbreak of war (as opposed to facilitating reconciliation after conflicts) has largely been neglected as a subject of study. Indeed, it has also been ignored by politicians, as a result of which there are few examples of forgiveness to study compared with those of revenge. This book reflects this reality, but also seeks to change it by raising public awareness of the importance of forgiveness in international affairs and the need to demand that political leaders explore this avenue. The book also provides a succinct, informative guide to the background of today’s international affairs. Each chapter can be read independently and highlights either forgiveness in action or the futility and loss of life caused by vengefulness, demonstrating where and how forgiveness could have made a dramatic difference.

Author : Bonnie J. Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015078777102

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Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor by Bonnie J. Morris Pdf

A humorous, hard-hitting look behind the scenes of academic sexism.

Author : Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004337022

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The Dynamics of Violence and Revenge in the Hebrew Book of Esther by Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz Pdf

In The Dynamics of Violence and Revenge, Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz presents an exegetical study of how the violence and revenge which are integral part of the Hebrew book of Esther structure the book and help passing on its message.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848880436

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Best Served Cold: Studies on Revenge by Anonim Pdf

This project seeks to explore various aspects of the nature of Persons and their experiences and in this instance focuses on concepts and applications of revenge. This volume is based on a collection of papers that were presented at Inter-Disciplinary.Net 1st Global Conference on Revenge.

Author : Sister Mary Bonaventure Mroz
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Revenge in literature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Divine Vengeance: A Study in the Philosophical Backgrounds of the Revenge Motif as It Appears in Shakespeare's Chronicle History Plays by Sister Mary Bonaventure Mroz Pdf

Author : Stephen M. Yoshimura,Susan D. Boon
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498544887

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Communicating Revenge in Interpersonal Relationships by Stephen M. Yoshimura,Susan D. Boon Pdf

Communicating Revenge in Interpersonal Relationships explores how and why people take revenge on others in modern social life. Stephen M. Yoshimura and Susan D. Boon draw from research across academic disciplines to show the times and places at which revenge occurs, the types of acts that people engage in, and the psychological and social effects revenge can have on both receivers and avengers in various interpersonal relationship contexts, including romantic relationships, professional relationships, families, and friendships. The authors also review various methods of conducting empirical research on revenge, provide a theoretical account to explain why revenge occurs when it does, and discuss ethical and philosophical issues surrounding its practice.

Author : Andrew Baker,Seline E.M. Doran,Mary Ann O'Grady
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848881648

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What is the Problem with Revenge by Andrew Baker,Seline E.M. Doran,Mary Ann O'Grady Pdf

This multidisciplinary book furthers the debate on the much-contested concept of revenge. It offers a combination of conceptual arguments, and historical, fictional and socio-cultural examples of revenge.

Author : Kyle Wiggins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319937465

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American Revenge Narratives by Kyle Wiggins Pdf

American Revenge Narratives critically examines the nation’s vengeful storytelling tradition. With essays on late twentieth and twenty-first century fiction, film, and television, it maps the coordinates of the revenge genre’s contemporary reinvention across American culture. By surveying American revenge narratives, this book measures how contemporary payback plots appraise the nation’s political, social, and economic inequities. The volume’s essays collectively make the case that retribution is a defining theme of post-war American culture and an artistic vehicle for critique. In another sense, this book presents a scholarly coming to terms with the nation’s love for vengeance. By investigating recent iterations of an ancient genre, contributors explore how the revenge narrative evolves and thrives within American literary and filmic imagination. Taken together, the book’s diverse chapters attempt to understand American culture’s seemingly inexhaustible production of vengeful tales.

Author : Chris McMahon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780415807753

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Family and the State in Early Modern Revenge Drama by Chris McMahon Pdf

This book considers Early Modern revenge plays from a political science perspective, paying particular attention to the construction of family and state institutions. Exploring whether or not the plays see revenge as justified, McMahon argues that they suggest the private family should become an informal state apparatus, and considers the pertinence of this conclusion for contemporary politics. By mapping transactions of capital in and around the plays, this book discovers new ways of looking at traditional problematics. Considerations of plays such as The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, and The Revenger's Tragedydepart from the tradition of moral criticism by taking an anthropological stance, mapping capital transactions to come to a better understanding of the plays in all their brilliance and complexity. McMahon responds to deconstructionist, Marxist, and feminist readings as he studies symbolic and material forms of capital in exemplary Early Modern plays.

Author : Stephen Beckerman,Paul Valentine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813031648

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Revenge in the Cultures of Lowland South America by Stephen Beckerman,Paul Valentine Pdf

This extraordinary ethnography is the first devoted to the study of revenge. The contributors describe this social phenomenon in fourteen tribal societies, comparing its violent manifestations as well as its more idiosyncratic forms. Blood revenge at spear point is common in certain regions of aboriginal lowland South America; in other areas revenge is implicated in seemingly unrelated areas of daily life, from child naming to explanations for sickness. Revenge is a universal human motive that reveals fundamental social structure as do few other aspects of culture. The contributors discuss the origins, manifestations, and consequences of vengeance. They illustrate not only how revenge lays bare crucial boundaries and is bound to myth and ritual as well as to survival but also show the profound consequences of revenge for reproduction and the daily workings of society.

Author : Trudy Govier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135199098

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Forgiveness and Revenge by Trudy Govier Pdf

Forgiveness and Revenge is a powerful exploration of our attitudes to serious wrongdoings and a careful examination of the values that underlie our thinking about revenge and forgiveness. From adulterous spouses to terrorist factions, we are surrounded by wrongdoing, yet we rarely agree which response is appropriate. The problem of how to respond realistically and sensitively to the wrongs of the past remains a perplexing one. Trudy Govier clarifies our thinking on this subject by examining the moral and practical impact of revenge and forgiveness, both personal and political. Forgiveness and Revenge offers much-needed clarity and reason where emotions often prevail. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethics of attitudes to wrongdoing.