Work, Violence, Injustice and War

Authors

David G. Gil, Brandeis University

Abstract

This essay explores links between work, societal violence, social and economic injustice at home and abroad, and the propensity to resort to war. It clarifies the concept societal violence and traces its roots to coercively established and maintained exploitative modes of work, exchange and distribution. It suggests that overcoming violence in human relations requires transformations of work, exchange, and distribution in accordance with egalitarian, democratic, humanistic and ecological values in order to eliminate obstacles to human development. Social policies and political strategies toward these ends are discussed in the concluding sections of the essay.

Recommended Citation

Gil, David G. (1989) "Work, Violence, Injustice and War," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 16: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1881
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol16/iss1/5