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Magic, Science and Religion and the Scope of Rationality

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Magic, Science and Religion and the Scope of Rationality

By: Stanley J. Tambiah

This accessible and illuminating book explores the classical opposition between magic, science and religion.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521376319

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9780521376310

Leveling Crowds

Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia

By: Stanley J. Tambiah

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Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia

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Ethno-nationalist conflicts are rampant today, causing immense human loss. Stanley J. Tambiah is concerned with the nature of the ethno-nationalist explosions that have disfigured so many regions of the world in recent years. He focuses primarily on collective violence in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India. He situates these riots in the larger political, economic, and religious contexts in which they took place and also examines the strategic actions and motivations of their principal agents. In applying a wide range of social theory to the problems of ethnic and religious violence, Tambiah pays close attention to the history and culture of the region. On one level this provocative book is a scrupulously detailed anthropological and historical study, but on another it is an attempt to understand the social and political changes needed for a more humane order, not just in South Asia, but throughout the world.

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408

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Univ of California Press

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0520918193

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9780520918191

Edmund Leach

An Anthropological Life

By: Stanley J. Tambiah

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Edmund Leach

An Anthropological Life

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Intellectual biography of Edmund Leach, a leading social anthropologist of his generation, with illustrations.

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548

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Cambridge University Press

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0521521025

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9780521521024

Buddhism Betrayed?

Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

By: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

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Buddhism Betrayed?

Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka

By: Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.

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238

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University of Chicago Press

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0226789497

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9780226789491

Leveling Crowds

Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia

By: Stanley J. Tambiah

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Leveling Crowds

Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia

By: Stanley J. Tambiah

Ethno-nationalist conflicts are rampant today, causing immense human loss. Stanley J. Tambiah is concerned with the nature of the ethno-nationalist explosions that have disfigured so many regions of the world in recent years. He focuses primarily on collective violence in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India. He situates these riots in the larger political, economic, and religious contexts in which they took place and also examines the strategic actions and motivations of their principal agents. In applying a wide range of social theory to the problems of ethnic and religious violence, Tambiah pays close attention to the history and culture of the region. On one level this provocative book is a scrupulously detailed anthropological and historical study, but on another it is an attempt to understand the social and political changes needed for a more humane order, not just in South Asia, but throughout the world.

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412

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Univ of California Press

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0520918193

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9780520918191

Edmund Leach

An Anthropological Life

By: Stanley J. Tambiah

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Edmund Leach

An Anthropological Life

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Intellectual biography of Edmund Leach, a leading social anthropologist of his generation, with illustrations.

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548

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Cambridge University Press

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0521521025

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9780521521024