Violence and civilization: studies of social violence in history and prehistory
Introduction: Toward a deep history of violence and civilization / Roderick Campbell -- Part I. Sacrifice -- Introduction to Part I -- Dramas of the dialectic : sacrifice and power in ancient polities / Edward Swenson -- (Un)dying loyalty : meditations on retainer sacrifice in ancient Egypt and else...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxbow Books
2014
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| In: |
Joukowsky Institute publication (4)
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| Online Access: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Klappentext (Verlag) |
| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 6645 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Toward a deep history of violence and civilization / Roderick Campbell -- Part I. Sacrifice -- Introduction to Part I -- Dramas of the dialectic : sacrifice and power in ancient polities / Edward Swenson -- (Un)dying loyalty : meditations on retainer sacrifice in ancient Egypt and elsewhere / Ellen F. Morris -- Transformations of violence : on humanity and inhumanity in early China / Roderick Campbell -- Part II. Community -- Introduction to Part II -- Histories of violence : notes from the Roman Empire / Ari Z. Bryen -- On torture in societies against the state / Severin Fowles -- Part III. Terror -- Introduction to Part III -- The military normal : feeling at home with counterinsurgency in the United States / Catherine Lutz -- Violence, terrorism, otherness : reshaping enmity in times of terror / Philippe Bonditti |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 218 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9781782976202 |