Grätz / Kirsch Domesticating Vigilantism in Africa

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84615-915-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 190 Seiten

An unprecedented overview of anthropological and political science research on vigilantism in Africa which makes an important and innovative contribution to current discussions on the relationship between violent self-justice andstate and non-state agencies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grätz, Tilo

Kirsch, Thomas G.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Pratten, David

Harnischfeger, Johannes

Buur, Lars

Abrahams, Ray

Hagberg, Sten

Ouattara, Syna

Kirsch, Thomas G.

Grätz, Tilo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: some further thoughts on comparative study - Ray Abrahams
Vigilantism, state ontologies & encompassment: an introductory essay - Thomas G. Kirsch and Tilo Grätz
Domesticating sovereigns: the changing nature of vigilante groups in South Africa - Lars Buur
Ethnicity, religion & the failure of 'common law' in Nigeria - Johannes Harnischfeger
Devi & his men: the rise & fall of a vigilante movement in Benin - Tilo Grätz
Vigilantes in war: boundary crossing of hunters in Burkina Faso & Côte d'Ivoire - Sten Hagberg and Syna Ouattara
Bodies of power: narratives of selfhood & security in Nigeria - David Pratten
Violence in the name of democracy: community policing, nation-building & vigilante action in South Africa - Thomas G. Kirsch

Über Autor(innen)

Pratten David:
David Pratten is Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of Africa and Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Since 2010 David has been Co-Editor of AFRICA: Journal of the International African Institut. His publications include Nigeria: The Man-Leopard Murders: History and Society in Colonial Nigeria (2007), which won the Amaury Talbot Prize awarded by the Royal Anthropological Institute.