The Show of Violence
1st edition
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Author
Publication
1949 - Doubleday, Garden City NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
69,750 words, Guess
Page Count
279 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24754464M
- OCLC Control Number374723
- OCLC Control Number681512583
- OCLC Control Numbershowofviolence00wert
- Library of Congress Control Number49008713
and 2 more
- AmazonB000O61YEG
- Goodreads6624622
Classifications
- DDC364.15/23
- LCCHV6515 .W4
Description
In our dreams and fantasies, we are all murderers, leveling whole cities with our unconscious hates and fears. Most of us are content merely to dream. But in some, their dreams lunge out into nightmarish reality: mothers kill their own children; shy, gentle boys become mass murderers; old men lash out in violence. What is it that pushes them beyond fantasies into brutal violence? What are the mental states which lead to murder? How does the mind of the murderer differ from that of a normal person? How does society contribute to murder? Can a murderer be completely sane? These are just a few of the urgent questions which Fredric Wertham, author of *Dark Legend*, discusses in *The Show of Violence*.
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