The Anthropology Of War And Peace

Author : Keith F. Otterbein
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781478609889

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The Anthropology of War by Keith F. Otterbein Pdf

Keith Otterbein, a long-time authority on anthropological studies of warfare, provides a rich synthesis of theory, literature, and findings developed by anthropologists and scholars from other disciplines. This in-depthyet conciselook at warfare opens with two well-known ethnographic examples of warring peoples: the Dani and the Yanomam. The origins and evolution of war, types of warfare, weapons and tactics, military organizations, and the social bases of war structure discussions within the text. Analyses of historical events and case studies inform readers of different perspectives about why people go to war, how societies can be identified as having war, the elements necessary for war, and how war might be avoided. Otterbein concludes the text by presenting the concept of Positive Peacepromoting peace as a goal of human existenceas a way for humans to eliminate the fatal consequences of war.

Author : Mario D. Zamora,Bjørn B. Erring,Anthony L. LaRuffa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Ethnic relations
ISBN : 9712307492

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The Anthropology of War and Peace by Mario D. Zamora,Bjørn B. Erring,Anthony L. LaRuffa Pdf

Author : Alisse Waterston
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781845456221

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An Anthropology of War by Alisse Waterston Pdf

The contributers reflect on their ethnographic work at the frontlines and recount not only what they have seen and heard in war zones but also what is being read, studied, analyzed and remembered in such diverse locations as Colombia and Guatemala, Israel and Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. They reflect on the important issue of "accountability" and offer explanations to discern causes, patterns, and practices of war.

Author : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190232467

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War, Peace, and Human Nature by Douglas P. Fry Pdf

"The chapters in this book [posit] that humans clearly have the capacity to make war, but since war is absent in some cultures, it cannot be viewed as a human universal. And counter to frequent presumption, the actual archaeological record reveals the recent emergence of war. It does not typify the ancestral type of human society, the nomadic forager band, and contrary to widespread assumptions, there is little support for the idea that war is ancient or an evolved adaptation. Views of human nature as inherently warlike stem not from the facts but from cultural views embedded in Western thinking"--Amazon.com.

Author : Roberto J. González
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292701691

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Anthropologists in the Public Sphere by Roberto J. González Pdf

Anthropologists have a long tradition of prescient diagnoses of world events. Possessing a knowledge of culture, society, and history not always shared by the media's talking heads, anthropologists have played a crucial role in educating the general reader on the public debates from World War I to the second Gulf War. This anthology collects over fifty commentaries by noted anthropologists such as Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, and Marshall Sahlins who seek to understand and explain the profound repercussions of U.S. involvement in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Frequently drawing on their own fieldwork, the anthropologists go beyond the headlines to draw connections between indigenous cultures, corporate globalization, and contemporary political and economic crises. Venues range from the op-ed pages of internationally renowned newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post to magazine articles and television interviews. Special sections entitled "Prelude to September 11" and "Anthropological Interpretations of September 11" include articles that provided many Americans with their first substantial introduction to the history of Islam, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Each article includes a brief introduction contextualizing the commentary.

Author : W. John Morgan,Alexandre Guilherme
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030486716

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Peace and War by W. John Morgan,Alexandre Guilherme Pdf

Peace and War: Historical, Philosophical, and Anthropological Perspectives is an accessible, higher-level critical discussion of philosophical commentaries on the nature of peace and war. It introduces and analyses various philosophies of peace and war, and their continuing theoretical and practical relevance for peace studies and conflict resolution. Using a combination of both historical and contemporary philosophical perspectives, the book is at once eclectic in its approach and broad in its inquiry of these enduring phenomena of human existence.

Author : Mary LeCron Foster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000678543

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Peace and War by Mary LeCron Foster Pdf

Is war necessary? In Peace and War prominent anthropologists and other social scientists explore the cultural and social factors leading to war. They analyze the covert causes of war from a cross-cultural perspective: ideologies that dispose people to war; underlying patterns of social relationships that help institutionalize war; and the cultural systems of military establishments. Overt causes of war—environmental factors like the control of scarce resources, advantageous territories, and technologies, or promoting the welfare of people “like” oneself—are also considered. The authors examine anthropologists’ role in policy formation—how their theories on the nature of culture and society help those who deal with global problems on a day-to-day basis. They argue that both covert and overt mechanisms are pushing the world closer to a devastating war and offer strategies to weaken the effects of these mechanisms. This anthropological and historical analysis of the causes of war is a valuable resource for those studying war and those trying to understand the place of social science in framing pacific options.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Armes nucléaires et désarmement
ISBN : 0897891430

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The Anthropology of War & Peace by Anonim Pdf

Drawing parallels between tribal behavior and international relations to demonstrate that societies are not inherently aggressive but are led into conflict when pride or in-group pressures push people to fight, this profound look at the chilling reality of cold war and its arsenal of nuclear destruction offers valuable new insights into how prejudices and sterotypes contribute to what may seel like an inexorable drift to war. Yet the authors conclude that war is not inevitable, as they offer suggestions for an end to the arms race in the nuclear age.

Author : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199725052

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Beyond War by Douglas P. Fry Pdf

A profoundly heartening view of human nature, Beyond War offers a hopeful prognosis for a future without war. Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. He points out that, for perhaps ninety-nine percent of our history, for well over a million years, humans lived in nomadic hunter-and-gatherer groups, egalitarian bands where warfare was a rarity. Drawing on archaeology and fascinating recent fieldwork on hunter-gatherer bands from around the world, Fry debunks the idea that war is ancient and inevitable. For instance, among Aboriginal Australians, warfare was an extreme anomaly. Fry also points out that even today, when war seems ever present, the vast majority of us live peaceful, nonviolent lives. We are not as warlike as we think, and if we can learn from our ancestors, we may be able to move beyond war to provide real justice and security for the world.

Author : Paul R. Turner,David Pitt
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015015360830

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The Anthropology of War and Peace by Paul R. Turner,David Pitt Pdf

Drawing parallels between tribal behavior and international relations to demonstrate that societies are not inherently aggressive but are led into conflict when pride or in-group pressures push people to fight, this profound look at the chilling reality of cold war and its arsenal of nuclear destruction offers valuable new insights into how prejudices and stereotypes contribute to what may seem like an inexorable drift to war. Yet the authors conclude that war is not inevitable, as they offer suggestions for an end to the arms race in the nuclear age. Based on original research, this is a long overdue contribution to the study of war and peace in our time and a text for newly emerging courses on the subject.

Author : Nancy (ed.) Scheper-Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:979936493

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Violence in War and Peace by Nancy (ed.) Scheper-Hughes Pdf

Author : Carolyn Nordstrom
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520239776

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Shadows of War by Carolyn Nordstrom Pdf

Annotation This book captures the human face of the frontlines, revealing both the visible and the hidden realities of contemporary war, power, and international profiteering in the 21st century.

Author : Paul Richards
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114243459

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No Peace, No War by Paul Richards Pdf

The proliferation of 'new wars' since the end of the Cold War has forced scholars to re-open the debate about 'what is war?' For most commentators, 'new war' is 'mindless' mass action. It has become a behavioural problem. Like a disease, the risk of infection must be contained. This book takes a different approach. Anthropologists who have lived with and through the wars they describe here reflect a paradoxical assumption that to understand war we must deny it a special status. Rather than quarantine war and leave it to security specialists they attempt to grasp its character as but one among many phases or aspects of social reality, organised by social agents, made through social action. All war is long-term struggle organised for political ends, and neither the means nor the ends can be understood without reference to a specific social context.

Author : Michael Keating,Matt Waldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190057961

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War and Peace in Somalia by Michael Keating,Matt Waldman Pdf

For the last thirty years Somalia has experienced violence and upheaval. Today, the international effort to help Somalis build a federal state and achieve stability is challenged by deep-rooted grievances, local conflicts and a powerful insurgency led by Al-Shabaab. Consisting of forty-four chapters by conflict resolution specialists and the world's leading experts on Somalia, this volume constitutes a unique compendium of insights into the insurgency and its impact. War and Peace in Somalia explores the legacies of past violence, especially impunity, illegitimacy and exclusion, and the need for national reconciliation. Drawing on decades of experience and months of field research, the contributors throw light on diverse forms of local conflict, its interrelated causes, and what can be done about it. They share original research on the role of women, men and youth in the conflict, and present new insight into Al-Shabaab--particularly the group's multi-dimensional strategy, the motivations of its fighters, their foreign links, and the prospects for engagement. This ground-breaking volume illuminates the war in Somalia, and sets out what can and should be done to bring it to an end. For policymakers and researchers covering Somalia, East Africa, extremism or conflict resolution, this is a must-read.

Author : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Intergroup relations
ISBN : UCSC:32106018147766

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The Human Potential for Peace by Douglas P. Fry Pdf

The author shows how anthropology--with its expansive time frame and comparative orientation--can provide unique insights into the nature of war and the potential for peace. Challenging the traditional view that humans are by nature primarily violent and warlike, he argues that along with the capacity for aggression humans also possess a strong ability to prevent, limit, and resolve conflicts without violence. Raising philosophy of science issues, the author shows that cultural beliefs asserting the inevitability of violence and war can bias our interpretations, affect our views of ourselves, and may even blind us to the possibility of achieving security without war. He constructs a biosocial argument that challenges a host of commonly held assumptions. The book includes ethnographic examples from around the globe, findings from his research among the Zapotec of Mexico, and results of cross-cultural studies on warfare. In showing that conflict resolution exists across cultures and by documenting the existence of numerous peaceful societies, it demonstrates that dealing with conflict without violence is not merely a utopian dream. The book also explores several highly publicized and interesting controversies, including his critique of Margaret Mead's writings on Samoan warfare; Napoleon Chagnon's claims about the Yanomamö; and ongoing evolutionary debates about whether "hunter-gatherers" are peaceful or warlike.