Textbook
Violence in War and Peace: An AnthologyISBN: 978-0-631-22349-8
Paperback
512 pages
November 2003, ©2003, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1997)
“This remarkable work explores the sources and surfaces of
violence -- public, private, political, symbolic, psychic.
Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois transform our most fundamental
understanding of what it means to be a victim, an agent, or a
witness. In these times of war and violence, this book has a
resonance that echoes from the classroom to the state house and the
street.” Homi K. Bhabha, Rothenberg Professor of
Literature, Harvard University
“Violence in War and Peace brings together among
the most profound empirical and philosophical texts on modern
violence. Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois have created a volume that
challenges fundamental issues concerning the crisis of humanity
that violence exposes. This critical and politically responsible
book should be read by students and researchers
alike.”Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen and James Cook
University
"It showcases the great relevance of ethnographic research and
writing—compared to other approaches—for thinking about
violence and suffering. This collection will be an invaluable
resource for teachers and learners, a comprehensive anthology for
introductory classes, or a companion volume for more in-depth
seminars ... the reader will find some of the best attempts of the
best of the last century to translate pain, uncertainty, and
absurdity of violence into an at least somewhat understandable
format."
Anthropological Quarterly