Order and Disorder : : Anthropological Perspectives /

Order and Disorder : : Anthropological Perspectives / / ed. by Keebet von Benda-Beckmann, Fernanda Pirie.

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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 o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von,
Grätz, Tilo,
Just, Peter,
Meeker, Michael E.,
Pirie, Fernanda,
Roberts, Simon,
Spencer, Jonathan,
Turner, Bertram,
Ventsel, Aimar,
HerausgeberIn:
Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von,
Pirie, Fernanda,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF PLATES
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2 ORDER AND THE EVOCATION OF HERITAGE: REPRESENTING QUALITY IN THE FRENCH BISCUIT TRADE
  • Chapter 3 PRIDE, HONOUR, INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE: ORDER IN A ‘LAWLESS’ VILLAGE
  • Chapter 4 ORDER, INDIVIDUALISM AND RESPONSIBILITY: CONTRASTING DYNAMICS ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
  • Chapter 5 VIGILANTE GROUPS AND THE STATE IN WEST AFRICA
  • Chapter 6 IMPOSING NEW CONCEPTS OF ORDER IN RURAL MOROCCO: VIOLENCE AND TRANSNATIONAL CHALLENGES TO LOCAL ORDER
  • Chapter 7 LAW, RITUAL AND ORDER
  • Chapter 8 THE DISORDERS OF AN ORDER: STATE AND SOCIETY IN OTTOMAN AND TURKISH TRABZON
  • Chapter 9 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ORDER AND POLITICAL DISORDER
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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