Overwhelming Terror - Love, Fear, Peace, and Violence Among Semai of Malaysia

Informationen zum Autor By Robert Knox Dentan Klappentext This powerful ethnography of a people believed to be the least violent in the world explores how they maintain peaceful relations even under the most dire circumstances. Robert Knox Dentan, the world's foremost scholar of Semai, brings its members vividly to life. His book includes translations of their poetry, dramatized accounts of particular events, and narratives in their own words. Throughout, the author highlights the mechanisms and costs of peace, underscoring their relevance to everyday life in all societies. Students and scholars of peace studies, conflict resolution, ethnography, and Southeast Asia will find this unique work an invaluable and compelling study. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Writing Someone Else's LifeChapter 1: Spotted Doves at War: The Praak SangkiilChapter 2: Regrettable Undertakings: A Dirty Joke, a War, a VacancyChapter 3: Responding to Terror: Intellectually, Emotionally, SpirituallyChapter 4: Transforming Demons by Love and SurrenderChapter 5: Ceremonies of Innocence and "Positive" PeaceChapter 6: Freedom: Just Say "No"Chapter 7: For Fear of Finding Something Worse: Raising KidsChapter 8: Juni Gone AstrayChapter 9: Inconclusion

Product details

• Authors: Robert Knox Dentan, Dentan Robert Knox
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2008
• EAN: 9780742553293
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5329-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: War and Peace Library; War and Peace Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Politics & government, Asian History, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Asian studies;Southeast Asian studies