Terror and Violence
Imagination and the Unimaginable
Published on 20. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-7453-2398-5 (ISBN)
Description
What is terror? What are its roots and its results -- and what part does it play in human experience and history? This volume offers a number of timely and original anthropological insights into the ways in which acts of terror -- and reactions to those acts -- impact on the lives of virtually everyone in the world today, as perpetrators, victims or witnesses.
As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, what we have come to regard as acts of terror -- whether politically motivated, or state-sanctioned -- have assumed many different forms and provoked widely differing responses throughout the world.
At a deeper level, the contributors explore the work of the imagination in extreme contexts of danger, such as those of terror and terrorism. By stressing the role of the imagination, and its role in amplifying the effects of experience, this collection brings together a coherent set of analyses that offer innovative and unexpected ways of understanding a major global problem of contemporary life.
As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, what we have come to regard as acts of terror -- whether politically motivated, or state-sanctioned -- have assumed many different forms and provoked widely differing responses throughout the world.
At a deeper level, the contributors explore the work of the imagination in extreme contexts of danger, such as those of terror and terrorism. By stressing the role of the imagination, and its role in amplifying the effects of experience, this collection brings together a coherent set of analyses that offer innovative and unexpected ways of understanding a major global problem of contemporary life.
Reviews / Votes
'These cases show that terror was essentially about having no redress either through the courts or through persons occupying positions of influence' -- Rene Wadlow, Transnational Perspectives 'Timely, sophisticated and original' -- Hastings Donnan, Queen's BelfastMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
21 b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-2398-5 (9780745323985)
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Andrew Strathern | Pamela J. Stewart | Neil L. Whitehead
Terror and Violence
Imagination and the Unimaginable
E-Book
11/2005
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Pluto Press
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Persons
Dr Andrew Strathern is Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is the author of several books, including, Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumours and Gossip (CUP, 2004), Empowering the Past, Confronting the Future (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Landscape, Memory and History (Pluto, 2005) and Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2003).
Pamela J. Stewart is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Her books include Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2005) and Landscape, Memory and History (Pluto, 2003).
Neil Whitehead (1956-2012) was Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He is co-editor of Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2005).
Pamela J. Stewart is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Her books include Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2005) and Landscape, Memory and History (Pluto, 2003).
Neil Whitehead (1956-2012) was Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He is co-editor of Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2005).
Content
Introduction Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart University of Pittsburgh, USA
1. 'Terror Against Terror': 9/11 or 'Kano War' in the Nigerian Electronic Press? Misty L Bastian Franklin and Marshall College, USA
2. Vigilante Organisations, the Politics of Theft, and Imagined Conceptions of Community among the Kuria of Kenya Suzette Heald Brunel University, UK
3. Unspeakable Crimes: Athenian-Greek Perceptions of Local and International Terrorism Elisabeth Kirtsoglou University of Wales, Lampeter, UK
4. The Indian State, its Sikh Citizens, and Terror Joyce Pettigrew Queens University of Belfast, UK
5. Between Victims and Assailants, Victims and Friends: Sociality and the Imagination in Indo-Fijian Narratives of Rural Violence during the May 2000 Fiji Coup Susanna Trnka University of Auckland, New Zealand
6. Narratives of Violence and Perils of Peace-Making in North-South Cross-Border Contexts, Ireland Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern University of Pittsburgh, USA
7. The Sign of Kanaima, the Space of Guayana and the Demonology of Development Neil L. Whitehead University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
8. Imaginary Violence and the Terrible Mother: The Imagery of Balinese Witchcraft Michele Stephen La Trobe University, Australia
9. Afterword Neil L. Whitehead University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
1. 'Terror Against Terror': 9/11 or 'Kano War' in the Nigerian Electronic Press? Misty L Bastian Franklin and Marshall College, USA
2. Vigilante Organisations, the Politics of Theft, and Imagined Conceptions of Community among the Kuria of Kenya Suzette Heald Brunel University, UK
3. Unspeakable Crimes: Athenian-Greek Perceptions of Local and International Terrorism Elisabeth Kirtsoglou University of Wales, Lampeter, UK
4. The Indian State, its Sikh Citizens, and Terror Joyce Pettigrew Queens University of Belfast, UK
5. Between Victims and Assailants, Victims and Friends: Sociality and the Imagination in Indo-Fijian Narratives of Rural Violence during the May 2000 Fiji Coup Susanna Trnka University of Auckland, New Zealand
6. Narratives of Violence and Perils of Peace-Making in North-South Cross-Border Contexts, Ireland Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern University of Pittsburgh, USA
7. The Sign of Kanaima, the Space of Guayana and the Demonology of Development Neil L. Whitehead University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
8. Imaginary Violence and the Terrible Mother: The Imagery of Balinese Witchcraft Michele Stephen La Trobe University, Australia
9. Afterword Neil L. Whitehead University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA