Lewis, Jeff, 1964-

Media, culture and human violence : from savage lovers to violent complexity / Jeff Lewis. - 1 online resource (299 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The cultural animal -- Savage lovers : language, communalism and violent simplicity -- Symbolic revolutions : agriculture, climate change and the beginnings of war -- Violent complexity : writing, god and the ancient enlightenment -- What is enlightenment? : liberalism, romantic science and the first mass media -- In the age of agitation : modern media, violent consumers and imaginings of state -- Web of world s: nature, love and the internet -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

9781783485161 (e-book)


Culture.
Mass media and culture.
Violence in mass media.


Electronic books.

HM621 / .L49 2016

302.23