ISBN:
9780857451484
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (184 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Order And Disorder : Anthropological Perspectives
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 behavi
Description / Table of Contents:
Title page-Order and Disorder; Contents; List of Plates; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 2-Order and the Evocation of Heritage; Chapter 3-Pride, Honor, Individual and Collective Violence; Chapter 4-Order, Individualism and Responsibility; Chapter 5-Vigilante Groups and the State in West Africa; Chapter 6-Imposing New Concepts of Order in Rural Morocco; Chapter 7-Law, Ritual and Order; Chapter 8-The Disorders of an Order; Chapter 9-Anthropological Order and Political Disorder; Notes on Contributors; Index
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