Running Amok - An Historical Inquiry

Amok, one of the few Malay words commonly appearing in English, names a syndrome of unpredictable and indiscriminate homicidal behavior with suicidal intent.

Summary

Examines historical data, including frequently colorful colonialist accounts of such episodes, from British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies during the period 1800-1925. This book presents a basic etiological distinction between reactive-motivated and a spontaneous, unmotivated amok.

Product details

• Authors: John C. Spores
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1988
• EAN: 9780896801400
• ISBN: 978-0-89680-140-0
• No. of pages: 179
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 143 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 288 g
• Series: Monographs in International St; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine