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Author: Tor Aase
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9780754631811
ISBN 10: 0754631818
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 28 October 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'This fine book of essays convincingly demonstrates that honour is not vanishing, as many experts have claimed, but thrives where state authority is minimal. A The remarkably coherent articles cover a wide range of cases, ranging from the honour codes of Danish outlaw bikers to blood feuds in the mountains of the Hindu Kush; from differential violence among inner city school children in Oslo to narratives of revenge in the villages of Java. A This is a book that any social scientist interested in the way power is asserted and legitimized ought to have; it is also a book that any ordinary reader will find extraordinarily fascinating.' Charles Lindholm, University Professor of Anthropology, Boston University, USA
’This fine book of essays convincingly demonstrates that honour is not vanishing, as many experts have claimed, but thrives where state authority is minimal. Â The remarkably coherent articles cover a wide range of cases, ranging from the honour codes of Danish outlaw bikers to blood feuds in the mountains of the Hindu Kush; from differential violence among inner city school children in Oslo to narratives of revenge in the villages of Java. Â This is a book that any social scientist interested in the way power is asserted and legitimized ought to have; it is also a book that any ordinary reader will find extraordinarily fascinating.’ Charles Lindholm, University Professor of Anthropology, Boston University, USA
'This fine book of essays convincingly demonstrates that honour is not vanishing, as many experts have claimed, but thrives where state authority is minimal. The remarkably coherent articles cover a wide range of cases, ranging from the honour codes of Danish outlaw bikers to blood feuds in the mountains of the Hindu Kush; from differential violence among inner city school children in Oslo to narratives of revenge in the villages of Java. This is a book that any social scientist interested in the way power is asserted and legitimized ought to have; it is also a book that any ordinary reader will find extraordinarily fascinating.' Charles Lindholm, University Professor of Anthropology, Boston University, USA
Author Information
Contributors: Tor Aase, Inger-Lise Lien, Joi Bay, Roy D'Andrade, Haci Akman, Eldar Braten, Bruce Kapferer, Leif Selstad, Marit Melhuus.
