Violence - Theory and Ethnography

This book provides a wide ranging introduction to the meaning and context of violence. The authors build upon David Riches''s concept of "the triangle of violence" which examines the relationship between performers, victims and witnesses and his proposition that violence is marked by contests regarding its legitimacy as a social act. Adopting an approach which looks at the negotiated and contingent nature of violent behavior, Stewart and Strathern particularly stress the powerful underlying motivation for revenge and the often unacknowledged association between ideas of revenge and concepts of justice.These theoretical perspectives are applied to in-depth case studies from Rwanda-Urundi, Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland. The authors also draw on extensive field experience in Papua New Guinea, and ethnographic detail is used to address broader issues of considerable global importance.>

Sommario

1. Violence as a Construct
2. History and Histories
3. The Domain of Contested Legitimacy (Riches' sTriangle)
4. Colonial and Post-Colonial Contexts (Papua New Guinea)
5. Subjectivities (Papua New Guinea)
6. Revenge
7. Ethnicity, Violence and the State (Sri Lanka)
8. Conclusions: Toward and Eclectic Synthesis

Info autore

Pamela Stewart

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pamela Stewart, Pamela J Stewart, Pamela J. Stewart, Stewart Pamela J., Andrew Strathern, Strathern Andrew
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.12.2002
• EAN: 9780826460080
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-6008-0
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Sri Lanka, Burundi, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Violence in society, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Violence and abuse in society, Papua New Guinea