The economy of vengeance: Some considerations on the aetiology and meaning of the business of revenge

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-259

  Sievers, Burkard ^a,b   Mersky, Rose Redding ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b International Society   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Economy; Political economy; Revenge; Socio analysis; Vengeance; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645707025     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706062735     Document Type: Review

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