Payback - The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions

Klappentext In this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback'! both negative and positive! provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. Zusammenfassung In this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback'! both negative and positive! provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the reasons why people 'pay back' and opens up a whole dimension in the cross-cultural study of human consciousness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations and tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Preliminaries: the theory of retributive logic; Part I. 'Tradition': 1. Revenge; 2. Reciprocity; 3. Integrating and explaining significant events; Part II. 'Cargo Cultism': 4. Reprisal; 5. Redemption; 6. Wishing and explaining the extraordinary; Part III. 'Modernization': 7. Recrimination - in 'modern' guises; 8. Making money and modernizing reciprocities; 9. Money, morals, meaning: old logics, new retributions?; Conclusions and recommendations: Bibliography; Index of Melanesian cultures; General index.

Product details

• Authors: G. W. Trompf, G. W. (University of Sydney) Trompf, Garry W. Trompf
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780521062770
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06277-0
• No. of pages: 568
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works