The Anthropology Of War Peace

Author : Keith F. Otterbein
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478609885
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of War written by Keith F. Otterbein and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190232463
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War, Peace, and Human Nature written by Douglas P. Fry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-02 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199725055
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond War written by Douglas P. Fry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Alisse Waterston
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 184545622X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Anthropology of War written by Alisse Waterston and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Carolyn Nordstrom
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520239777
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadows of War written by Carolyn Nordstrom and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mary LeCron Foster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000678547
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace and War written by Mary LeCron Foster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Human Potential for Peace written by Douglas P. Fry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Barbara Rose Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315415879
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waging War, Making Peace written by Barbara Rose Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are good at making war—and much less successful at making peace. Genocide, torture, slavery, and other crimes against humanity are gross violations of human rights that are frequently perpetrated and legitimized in the name of nationalism, militarism, and economic development. This book tackles the question of how to make peace by taking a critical look at the primary political mechanism used to "repair" the many injuries suffered in war. With an explicit focus on reparations and human rights, it examines the broad array of abuses being perpetrated in the modern era, from genocide to loss of livelihood. Based on the experiences of anthropologists and others who document abuses and serve as expert witnesses, case studies from around the world offer insight into reparations proceedings; the ethical struggles associated with attempts to secure reparations; the professional and personal risks to researchers, victims, and human rights advocates; and how to come to terms with the political compromises of reparations in the face of the human need for justice. Waging War, Making Peace promises to be a major contribution to public policy, political science, international relations, and human rights and peace research.

Author : Franz Boas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Anthropologist's View of War written by Franz Boas and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780897891431
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of War & Peace written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.