This work addresses the full range of social and political manifestations of violence in modern France. Interdisciplinary in nature, the essays analyse topics such as early feminist theory on revolutionary violence, and the rejection of the state by brigands and modern-day terrorists.

This work addresses the full range of social and political manifestations of violence in modern France. Interdisciplinary in nature, the essays analyse topics such as early feminist theory on revolutionary violence, the rejection of the state by brigands and modern-day terrorists, the tactics of protestant groups, conflict in industrail relations, police violence, colonial repression and insurrection, racial tensions and violence, violence against women and the repsonses of the French education system to an increasingly violent society.