Violence is not merely an aberration of a more peaceful and civilised normality.
![The UN has stopped updating the death toll numbers in Syria [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20142148533166734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Dr Brad Evans is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Politics and International Studies, the University of Bristol. He is the Founder and Director of the Histories of Violence Project.
Violence is not merely an aberration of a more peaceful and civilised normality.
![The UN has stopped updating the death toll numbers in Syria [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20142148533166734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)