Books by Randall Collins, Randall Collins
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That is from Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory . Here is my previous post on the book . By the way, if you find questions like this interesting, it is yet another reason to watch the TV show Friday Night Lights .
That’s the new book from Randall Collins . The main argument is that people are not as predisposed to violence as we might think. Collins cites a wide array of evidence, from military behavior in the field to, most intriguingly, video studies of the micro-expressions of violent perpetrators. People are more naturally tense and fearful, sometimes full of bluster but usually looking to avoid confrontation unless they have vastly superior numbers on their side. The prospect of violence makes peop...