Problem of Aggression, Violence and Hostility in Current Scientific Literature. Outline of Basic Solutions Cover Image

Problematika agrese, násilí a hostility v současné odborné literatuře: nástin základních východisek
Problem of Aggression, Violence and Hostility in Current Scientific Literature. Outline of Basic Solutions

Author(s): Marina Luptáková
Subject(s): Philosophy of Science, Social Theory, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, z. ú.
Keywords: aggression; violence; hostility; exploitation; social theories;

Summary/Abstract: The list of social theories interpretating the problem of aggression, violence and hostility since the first third of the 19th century till nowadays is presented in this article. The special attention is paid particularly to the concepts of H. Spencer, E. Durkheim and F. Nietzsche. Mentioning the contemporary authors, there are J. Habermas, a famous American author L. Berkowitz, sociologists Ch. Murray, A. S. Roche who analyze the problem of the urban violence; the German psychologist O. Kernberk who examines the phenomenon of violence depending on the disturbances of the personality or the Russian psychologists V. Kajtukov and N. Cyrkun who are convinced that aggression is the motion power of history.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 103-115
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech