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Overwhelming Terror
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Love, Fear, Peace, and Violence among Semai of Malaysia
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Artikel-Nr:
9780742553309
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.11.2008
Seiten:
292
Autor:
Robert Knox Dentan
Gewicht:
478 g
Format:
229x152x18 mm
Serie:
War and Peace Library
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
By Robert Knox Dentan
This powerful ethnography of a people believed to be the least violent in the world explores how they maintain peaceful relations even under the most dire circumstances. Robert Knox Dentan, the world's foremost scholar of Semai, brings its members vividly to life. His book includes translations of their poetry, dramatized accounts of particular events, and narratives in their own words. Throughout, the author highlights the mechanisms and costs of peace, underscoring their relevance to everyday life in all societies. Students and scholars of peace studies, conflict resolution, ethnography, and Southeast Asia will find this unique work an invaluable and compelling study.
Introduction: Writing Someone Else's Life Chapter 1: Spotted Doves at War: The Praak Sangkiil Chapter 2: Regrettable Undertakings: A Dirty Joke, a War, a Vacancy Chapter 3: Responding to Terror: Intellectually, Emotionally, Spiritually Chapter 4: Transforming Demons by Love and Surrender Chapter 5: Ceremonies of Innocence and "Positive" Peace Chapter 6: Freedom: Just Say "No" Chapter 7: For Fear of Finding Something Worse: Raising Kids Chapter 8: Juni Gone Astray Chapter 9: Inconclusion