Research Catalog

Title

Conflict in Africa : concepts and realities / Adda B. Bozeman.

Author

Bozeman, Adda B. (Adda Bruemmer), 1908-1994

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1976.

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Details

Description

xiv, 429 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

The author presents the opinion that Africans are more at ease with conflicts than their Western counterparts, and that they do not see war and peace as mutually exclusive phenomena.

Subject

• Since 1960
• Pacific settlement of international disputes
• Ethnology > Africa
• Social conflict > Africa
• Social conflict
• Ethnology
• Diplomatic relations
• Pacific settlement of international disputes
• Social conflict
• Politische Soziologie
• Sociale conflicten
• Buitenlandse betrekkingen
• Africa > Foreign relations > 1960-
• Africa > Foreign relations
• Africa
• Afrika

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 383-416.

Contents

PART 1: The Place of Conflict in Occidental Thought and History -- 1. Norms, Values, and Realities -- 2. Cultural Diversity, the Varieties of Conflict, and Occidental Designs of Unity -- PART II: The African Presence in the Modern World: A Synoptic View -- 3. Patterns of Conflict and Accord -- 4. The Norms of Conflict Theory and the Facts of Cultural Consciousness -- PART III: Africa South of Sahara: Shared Cultural Realities -- 5. Nonliterate Thought and Communication -- 6. Mythical Vision, History, and Society -- 7. States, Empires, and the Folk Society -- 8. Design and Definition -- PART IV: The Role of Conflict in African Thought and Society -- 9. Order and Disorder as Functions of Magic, Power, and Death -- 10. Fear and the Killing Power of the Spoken Word -- 11. Verbal Aggression and the Muting of Tensions -- PART V: The Web of War and the Maintenance of Society -- 12. Occult Games -- 13. Ritual Violence and the Cause of Government -- 14. War and Political Identity in Inter-African Relations -- 15. Analysis versus Existence -- PART VI: Conciliation, the Role of Intermediaries, and the Settlement of Disputes -- 16. The Legal Vocabulary and the Social Reality -- 17. The Healing Power of the Word -- 18. The Role of Intermediaries -- 18. A: Invisible Mediators and Ritual Agents -- 18 B: The Stranger as Third Party -- 18. C: Deputies and Diplomats -- 19. Commerce, Communication, and Statecraft in Inter-African Relations -- 19. A: Markets, Caravans, and Trading Processes -- 19. B: Security, Mutuality, and the Problem of Negotiating Binding Accords: Afro-Arab Traditions -- 20. The European Presence, Treating Making, and the African Response -- 20. A: Transcultural Diplomacy: The Case of Portugal -- 20. B: Transcultural Law: The Case of England -- Conflict and Conciliation: Some Concluding Perspectives.

ISBN

• 0691031045
• 9780691031040
• 0691100446
• 9780691100449

LCCN

75030187

OCLC

• ocm01945369
• 1945369
• SCSB-976051

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library