On Retaliation : Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of a Basic Human Condition

Turner, Bertram (EDT); Schlee, Gunther (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1789200776 / ISBN 13: 9781789200775

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2018

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 33943529-n

Inhaltsangabe:

Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations. This book derives a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of reciprocity, defining retaliation as the human disposition to strive for a reactive balancing of conflicts and injustices. On Retaliation presents a synthesized approach to both the violence-generating and violence-avoiding potentials of retaliation. Contributors to this volume touch upon the interaction between retaliation and violence, the state's monopoly on legitimate punishment and the factors of socio-political frameworks, religious interpretations and economic processes.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Günther Schlee is one of the Founding Directors of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. He conducted fieldwork in Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan, and was a guest lecturer in Padang (Sumatra) and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales in Paris. Currently, he is one of the spokespersons of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment

Bibliografische Details

Titel: On Retaliation : Towards an ...
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New