Societies at peace : anthropological perspectives
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Societies at peace : anthropological perspectives
Routledge, 1989
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Papers originally presented at a conference in June 1986 at the University of Edinburgh
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780415018241
Description
The essays present an exciting new approach to 'peace' and 'peacefulness' in human society. The contributors see peace as a rational and active construction of co-operating human beings, instead of passive, residual behaviour. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of social anthropology, peace studies.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Ethnographic Studies of Self, Emotions, and Behaviour in Peaceful Societies 1. Hobbesian and Rousseauan Images of Man: autonomy and individuality in a peaceful society Clayton A. Robarchek 2. To be angry is not to be human but to be fearful is
- Chewong concepts of human nature Signe Howell 3. Symbolic representations of tranquility and aggression among the Buid Thomas Gibson 4. Styles of manhood: an Amazonian contrast in tranquility and violence Joanna Overing 5. Peace and violence in Bali: culture and social organization Leo Howe 6. The non-violent Zapotec: the phenomenon and some exploratory factors derived from research Carl W. O'Nell 7. The "Peace Puzzle" in Ufipa Roy Willis 8. You only live in your body: peace and the siege mentality in Ulster Anthony D. Buckley Part II: Sociality as an Innate Capacity 9. Child in society, and society in children: the nature of basic trust Colwyn Trevarthen and Katerina Logotheti 10. Sociality, not aggression, is the key human trait Michael Carrithers Part III: Thinking About "Peace" and "Aggression": Some theoretical issues 11. "Peace" Alan Campbell 12. Identifying peaceful societies Paul Heelas.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415018258
Description
This book should be of interest to students and teachers of social anthropology, peace studies.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Ethnographic Studies of Self, Emotions, and Behaviour in Peaceful Societies 1. Hobbesian and Rousseauan Images of Man: autonomy and individuality in a peaceful society Clayton A. Robarchek 2. To be angry is not to be human but to be fearful is
- Chewong concepts of human nature Signe Howell 3. Symbolic representations of tranquility and aggression among the Buid Thomas Gibson 4. Styles of manhood: an Amazonian contrast in tranquility and violence Joanna Overing 5. Peace and violence in Bali: culture and social organization Leo Howe 6. The non-violent Zapotec: the phenomenon and some exploratory factors derived from research Carl W. O'Nell 7. The "Peace Puzzle" in Ufipa Roy Willis 8. You only live in your body: peace and the siege mentality in Ulster Anthony D. Buckley Part II: Sociality as an Innate Capacity 9. Child in society, and society in children: the nature of basic trust Colwyn Trevarthen and Katerina Logotheti 10. Sociality, not aggression, is the key human trait Michael Carrithers Part III: Thinking About "Peace" and "Aggression": Some theoretical issues 11. "Peace" Alan Campbell 12. Identifying peaceful societies Paul Heelas.
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