Author: Vollman, William T.
Title: RISING UP AND RISING DOWN. Three Meditations on Death. Introduction: The Days of the Niblungs. Definitions for lonely Atoms. Justifications: Honor, Class, Authority, Race and Culture, Creed. Justifications: War Aims, Homeland, Ground, Earth, Animals, Gender, Traitors, Revolution. Justifications: Deterrence, Punishment, Loyalty, Sadism, Moral Yellowness, Inevitability. Evaluations: Safeguards, the Victim. Studies in Consequences: Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa. Studies in Consequences: the Muslim World, North America, South America, Perception and Irrationality. Annotated Contents. The Moral Calculus. Index. Annexes. Sources Cited.
Description: McSweeney’s Books, San Francisco, 2003. 1st Ed. 7 vols. Large 8vo. Numerous ills. from photos. Original gilt lettered two tone black cloth backed brown cloth boards, upper hinge to vol. 6 shaken with binding cockled, light damp staining to sl. rubbed spines, vols. 2 and 6 with sm. split to head of spine, together in sl. soiled and rubbed gilt lettered dark red slipcase splitting along top edge. ¶ ‘Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means is a seven-volume essay on the subject of violence’

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