Order and disorder : anthropological perspectives

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Order and disorder : anthropological perspectives

[edited by] Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Fernanda Pirie

Berghahn Books, 2007

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"This volume developed from a conference held at and funded by the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology on 26 and 27 November 2004."--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Disorder and instability are matters of continuing public concern. Terrorism, as a threat to global order, has been added to preoccupations with political unrest, deviance and crime. Such considerations have prompted the return to the classic anthropological issues of order and disorder. Examining order within the political and legal spheres and in contrasting local settings, the papers in this volume highlight its complex and contested nature. Elaborate displays of order seem necessary to legitimate the institutionalization of violence by military and legal establishments, yet violent behaviour can be incorporated into the social order by the development of boundaries, rituals and established processes of conflict resolution. Order is said to depend upon justice, yet injustice legitimates disruptive protest. Case studies from Siberia, India, Indonesia, Tibet, West Africa, Morocco and the Ottoman Empire show that local responses are often inconsistent in their valorization, acceptance and condemnation of disorder.

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List of Plates Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Fernanda Pirie Chapter 2. Order and the Evocation of Heritage: Representing Quality in the French Biscuit Trade Simon Roberts Chapter 3. Pride, Honour, Individual and Collective Violence: Order in a 'Lawless' Village Aimar Ventsel Chapter 4. Order, Individualism and Responsibility: Contrasting Dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau Fernanda Pirie Chapter 5. Vigilante Groups and the State in West Africa Tilo Gratz Chapter 6. Imposing New Concepts of Order in Rural Morocco: Violence and Transnational Challenges to Local Order Bertam Turner Chapter 7. Law, Ritual and Order Peter Just Chapter 8. The Disorders of an Order: State and Society in Ottoman and Turkish Trabzon Michael E. Meeker Chapter 9. Anthropological Order and Political Disorder Jonathan Spencer Notes on Contributors Index

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