ABSTRACT
Anthropology of Violence has only recently developed into a field of research in its own right and as such it is still fairly fragmented. Anthropology of Violence and Conflict seeks to redress this fragmentation and develop a method of cross-cultural analysis. The study of important conflicts, such as wars in Sarajevo, Albania and Sri Lanka as well as numerous less publicised conflicts, all aim to create a theory of violence as cross-culturally applicable as possible. Most importantly this volume uses the anthropology of violence as a tool to help in the possible prevention of violence and conflict in the world today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|27 pages
Socio-cosmological contexts and forms of violence: war, vendetta, duels and suicide
among the Yukpa of north-western Venezuela
chapter 4|21 pages
The interpretation of violent worldviews
Cannibalism and other violent images of the Caribbean
chapter 5|26 pages
The enactment of ‘tradition’
Albanian constructions of identity, violence and power in times of crisis
chapter 6|20 pages
Violence and culture: anthropological and evolutionary-psychological reflections on inter-group conflict in southern Ethiopia
Anthropological and evolutionary-psychological reflections on inter-group conflict in southern Ethiopia
