Order and disorder : anthropological perspectives / / [edited by] Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Fernanda Pirie

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2
• Soggetto topico: Political anthropology; Order; Social conflict; Political violence
• Altri autori: Benda-BeckmannKeebet von PirieFernanda <1964->
• Note generali: "Volume developed from a conference held at and funded by the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology on 26 and 27 November 2004"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Fernanda Pirie -- Order and the evocation of heritage : representing quality in the French biscuit trade / Simon Roberts -- Pride, honour, individual and collective violence : order in a 'lawless' village / Aimar Ventsel -- Order, individualism and responsibility : contrasting dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau / Fernanda Pirie -- Vigilante groups and the state in West Africa / Tilo Gratz -- Imposing new concepts of order in rural Morocco : violence and transnational challenges to local order / Bertram Turner -- Law, ritual and order / Peter Just -- The disorders of an order : state and society in Ottoman and Turkish trabzon / Michael E. Meeker -- Anthropological order and political disorder / Jonathan Spencer.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 institutionalisation of violence by military and legal establishments, yet violent behavi
• Titolo autorizzato: Order and disorder
• ISBN: 0-85745-851-5; 1-282-62656-6; 9786612626562; 0-85745-002-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826078303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II