Communicating Revenge in Interpersonal Relationships

By (author) Stephen M. Yoshimura, Susan D. Boon

Publication date:

05 January 2018

Length of book:

164 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498544870

Communicating Revenge in Interpersonal Relationships explores how and why people take revenge on others in modern social life. Stephen M. Yoshimura and Susan D. Boon draw from research across academic disciplines to show the times and places at which revenge occurs, the types of acts that people engage in, and the psychological and social effects revenge can have on both receivers and avengers in various interpersonal relationship contexts, including romantic relationships, professional relationships, families, and friendships. The authors also review various methods of conducting empirical research on revenge, provide a theoretical account to explain why revenge occurs when it does, and discuss ethical and philosophical issues surrounding its practice.

Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Contexts and Expressions of Revenge
Chapter 3: Ways of Studying Revenge
Chapter 4: Theoretical Foundations for Understanding Revenge
Chapter 5: Toward a Theory of the Revenge Process
Chapter 6: To What Ends? Thoughts on the Bright and Dark Sides of Revenge
References
About the Authors

With its explicitly communicative foundation and process orientation, the authors have produced a richly nuanced narrative of the functions and dysfunctions of revenge and a working model that will generate new and creative research projects for years to come. I found the book exciting, it pushed my thinking along in all kinds of new directions, and I commend the authors for such a sophisticated and coherent account.