Garry W. Trompf

Payback

The Logic of Retribution in Melanesian Religions

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1012g
• ISBN-13: 9780521416917
• ISBN-10: 0521416914
• Artikelnr.: 21116236

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations and tables
Preface
Abbreviations
Preliminaries: the theory of retributive logic
Part I. 'Tradition': 1. Revenge
2. Reciprocity
3. Integrating and explaining significant events
Part II. 'Cargo Cultism': 4. Reprisal
5. Redemption
6. Wishing and explaining the extraordinary
Part III. 'Modernization': 7. Recrimination - in 'modern' guises
8. Making money and modernizing reciprocities
9. Money, morals, meaning: old logics, new retributions?
Conclusions and recommendations: Bibliography
Index of Melanesian cultures
General index.