Nature and Culture in Intimate Partner Violence - Sex, Love and Equality

List of contents

Introduction
1. Neither brutes nor angels
2. First sex then love
3. Return to violence and inhumanity
4. Sex as violence
5. In house enemy
Epilogue. Building the future
Bibliographical references

About the author

Silvia Bonino is professor emeritus of developmental psychology at the Department of psychology of the University of Turin (Italy), where she founded the Laboratory of developmental psychology. Her research focuses predominantly on aggressive behavior, positive sociality (empathy, cooperation, altruism) and risk behavior in adolescence.

Summary

This innovative book aims to further our understanding of violence in intimate relationships between men and women by combining research from psychology, cultural studies, and biology.

Product details

• Authors: Silvia Bonino, Bonino Silvia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138613904
• ISBN: 978-1-138-61390-4
• No. of pages: 106
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Social, group or collective psychology, domestic violence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Psychology of gender, Domestic abuse