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Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means

Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means

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ImprintHarper Perennial
PublisherHarperCollins
About/SubjectWar & Violence
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited States
Copyright2003
This Edition Published2005
Pages / Font733 pages
ISBN 13978-0-06-054819-3
ISBN 100-06-054819-3
UPC9780060548193
ISBN0-06-054818-5
Printer's Key2004053243
NotesWilliam T. Vollmann's abridgment of his 3,500-page, seven-volumemagnum opus An odyssey through the history of violence, Rising Up and Rising Down combines William T. Vollmann's voracious appetite for the details of history with a disregard for his own safety, examines the actions of historical figures, scrutinizes the thinking of philosophers and finds Vollmann posting personal dispatches from some of the most dangerous and war-torn places on earth. The result is his Moral Calculus, a structured decision-making system designed to help the reader decide when violence is justifiable and when it is not.
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