Payback: The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions

Trompf, G. W.

ISBN 10: 0521416914 / ISBN 13: 9780521416917

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. Boards have light edge wear at spine foot. Near Fine DJ in protective cover. 545 pp. Bibliography, Index. First Edition. A very nice copy. N° de réf. du vendeur CORV-BBP-20361

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Titre : Payback: The Logic of Retribution in ...

Éditeur : Cambridge University Press

Date d'édition : 1994

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Edition : First Edition.

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Synopsis :

In this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback', both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

Near to the heart of the human predicament are impulses to avenge - what most of us will recognize to be negative, counterproductive reactions against others who pose a threat. By contrast, nothing re-establishes our faith in humanity more than extraordinary acts of concession, such as peace-making, generosity and sacrifice. In this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback', both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the reasons why people 'pay back' and opens up a whole dimension in the cross-cultural study of human consciousness. The author conducts his readers through the most complex anthropological pageant on earth, illustrating his arguments from western New Guinea to Fiji.