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Title: Civilization and Violence: Regimes of Representation in Nineteenth-Century Colombia (Borderlines, Vol 19 (Paper)) by Cristina Rojas, Michael J. Shapiro ISBN: 0-8166-3431-9 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: Deep, intellectual and profound
Comment: Scholar Cristina Rojas is not afraid of challenges. She takes on an explosive subject and attempts to reshape traditional thinking. Moreover, she is not reluctant to point to weak assumptions by other scholars or to excuse local political or economic elites of liability. Ultimately, "Civilization and Violence," is a clinical examination of nineteenth-century regimes of representation in order to explain the long pattern of conflict within the borders of Colombia.

By no means is this a knock on this fine work but it is important to note that the language throughout this text is excessively highbrow. Rojas is a brilliant scholar but writes this study for the exclusive benefit of the academic community. Consequently, journalistic readers be warned...there is little pragmatic flow in the language of the analysis. Nevertheless, this is a valuable book. Rojas painstakingly connects many valuable theories in helping explain the complex relationship between civilization and violence. She also documents how domination by local hierarchies result in "hate dynamics" that has set "the battle lines" of the future.