Violence as Situational Action

Violence as Situational Action

Show other versions (1)

Violence comes in many forms and occurs in many different circumstances for many different reasons. Is it really possible to develop a single theory that can explain all these disparate acts? In this paper, we argue it is. We make the case that acts of violence are essentially moral actions and ther...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kyle H. Treiber, Per-Olof H. Wikström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bielefeld 2009-05-01
Series:International Journal of Conflict and Violence
Online Access:http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/49
id doaj-5db2e39745674bd3827072c35811a51f
record_format Article
spelling doaj-5db2e39745674bd3827072c35811a51f2020-11-25T02:37:05ZengUniversity of BielefeldInternational Journal of Conflict and Violence1864-13852009-05-01317596Violence as Situational ActionKyle H. TreiberPer-Olof H. WikströmViolence comes in many forms and occurs in many different circumstances for many different reasons. Is it really possible to develop a single theory that can explain all these disparate acts? In this paper, we argue it is. We make the case that acts of violence are essentially moral actions and therefore can, and should, be analysed and explained as such. We maintain that all acts of violence can be explained within the general framework of a theory of moral action. We present just such a theory – Situational Action Theory – and demonstrate how it can be applied to the explanation and study of violence.http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/49
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Kyle H. Treiber
Per-Olof H. Wikström
spellingShingle Kyle H. Treiber
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Violence as Situational Action
International Journal of Conflict and Violence
author_facet Kyle H. Treiber
Per-Olof H. Wikström
author_sort Kyle H. Treiber
title Violence as Situational Action
title_short Violence as Situational Action
title_full Violence as Situational Action
title_fullStr Violence as Situational Action
title_full_unstemmed Violence as Situational Action
title_sort violence as situational action
publisher University of Bielefeld
series International Journal of Conflict and Violence
issn 1864-1385
publishDate 2009-05-01
description Violence comes in many forms and occurs in many different circumstances for many different reasons. Is it really possible to develop a single theory that can explain all these disparate acts? In this paper, we argue it is. We make the case that acts of violence are essentially moral actions and therefore can, and should, be analysed and explained as such. We maintain that all acts of violence can be explained within the general framework of a theory of moral action. We present just such a theory – Situational Action Theory – and demonstrate how it can be applied to the explanation and study of violence.
url http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/49
work_keys_str_mv AT kylehtreiber violenceassituationalaction
AT perolofhwikstrom violenceassituationalaction
_version_ 1724796774287147008

Similar Items