Towards a Philosophy of Narco Violence in Mexico

• Main Author: Misra, Amalendu (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political philosophy.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Sociology.; Anthropology.; Political Philosophy.; Social Philosophy.; Crime and Society.; Sociology, general.

This book explores the politics of narco-killing and public attitudes to violence and death in the Mexican Drug War. It examines questions such as the culture of human sacrifice, the religious principles that sanction egregious violence and most importantly the society's complex response strate...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Prologue
• 2. Necropower
• 3. Arguing Death
• 4. The Gods of Wrath
• 5. Necessary Murder
• 6. Necropolis
• 7. Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Index.