1. A Social Psychological Interpretation of Human Aggression -- Current Concepts of Aggression -- The Study of Threats and Punishments -- Laboratory Research on Aggression -- Conclusion -- 2. Motivation Theory of Aggression and Its Relation to Social Psychological Approaches -- Motivation Theory of Aggression -- Relationship Between Motivation Theory and Social Psychological Approaches -- Essentials of the Motivation Theory -- Conclusion -- 3. Individual Differences and Aggressive Interactions -- Social Psychological Perspective: "Aggressive" Is Always the Other Person. -- "Aggressive" Is Always the Other Person?: Some Research Gaps -- Retaliation Norm in Aggressive Interactions and Individual Differences -- Causal Ambiguity in Aggressive Interactions and Individual Differences -- Concluding Remarks -- 4. Aggression as Discourse -- Aggression as Linguistically Grounded -- The Structural Unpacking of Aggression Discourse -- On the Negotiation of Aggression -- Summary -- 5. Aggression: From Act to Interaction -- Mutually Interpreting Behavior in Aggressive Interactions -- The Context of Aggressive Interactions: Taxonomy of Social Situations -- The Actor-Victim Divergence in Aggressive Interactions -- Conceptions About the Progress of Aggressive Interactions -- Conclusion -- 6. Patterns of Aggressive Social Interaction -- Theoretical Approaches -- A Description of Aggressive Incidents -- Discussion -- 7. Frustration, Aggression, and the Sense of Justice -- Reactions to Failure, Obstruction, and Attack -- Coping with Failure -- Coping with Obstruction and Attack -- 8. The Relations Among Attribution, Moral Evaluation, Anger, and Aggression in Children and Adults -- The Role of Norms and Causality in Blame, Anger, and Aggression -- Biasing Conditions -- Conclusions -- General Issues -- 9. Social Justice and the Legitimation of Aggressive Behavior Dieter Birnbacher -- Three Uses of the Concept "Aggression" -- Principles of Social Justice and Their Role in Aggressive Interaction -- The Utilitarian Way Out -- Author Index.