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Title Societies at peace : anthropological perspectives / edited by Signe Howell and Roy Willis
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1989

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Description ix, 250 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction / Signe Howell and Roy Willis -- Hobbesian and Rousseauan images of man : autonomy and individualism in a peaceful society / Clayton A. Robarchek -- "To be angry is not to be human, but to be fearful is" : Chewong concepts of human nature / Signe Howell -- Symbolic representations of tranquility and aggression among the Buid / Thomas Gibson -- Styles of manhood : an Amazonian contrast in tranquillity and violence / Joanna Overing -- Peace and violence in Bali : culture and social organization / L.E.A. Howe -- The non-violent Zapotec / Carl W. O'Nell -- The "peace puzzle" in Ufipa / Roy Willis -- "You only live in your body" : peace, exchange and the siege mentality in Ulster / Anthony D. Buckley -- Child in society, and society in children : the nature of basic trust / Colwyn Trevarthen and Katerina Logotheti
Sociality, not aggression, is the key human trait / Michael Carrithers -- "Peace" / Alan Campbell -- Identifying peaceful societies / Paul Heelas
Analysis Man Aggression Social aspects
Notes Papers originally presented at a conference held in June 1986 at the University of Edinburgh
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Aggressiveness -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
Aggressiveness -- Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnophilosophy -- Congresses.
Ethnophilosophy.
Ethnopsychology -- Congresses.
Peace (Philosophy) -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
Ethnopsychology.
Peace (Philosophy) -- Cross-cultural studies.
Peaceful societies -- Congresses.
Self-perception -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
Self-perception -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Howell, Signe.
Willis, Roy G.
LC no. 88030271
ISBN 0415018242
0415018250