13. Ritual Violence And The Cause Of Government

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. MAPS vi
3. PREFACE ix
4. CONTENTS xiii
5. Part I. The Place of Conflict in Occidental Thought and History
6. 1. Norms, Values, And Realities 3
7. 2. Cultural Diversity, The Varieties Of Conflict, And Occidental Designs Of Unity 13
8. Part II. The African Presence in the Modern World: a Synoptic View
9. 3. Patterns of Conflict and Accord 23
10. 4. The Norms of Conflict Theory and the Facts of Cultural Consciousness 46
11. Part III. Africa South of the Sahara: Shared Cultural Realities
12. 5. Nonliterate Thought and Communication 69
13. 6. Mythical Vision, History, And Society 100
14. 7. States, Empires, And The Folk Society 118
15. 8. Design And Definition 143
16. Part IV. The Role of Conflict in African Thought and Society
17. 9. Order And Disorder As Functions Of Magic, Power, And Death 149
18. 10. Fear And The Killing Power Of The Spoken Word 155
19. 11. Verbal Aggression And The Muting Of Tensions 166
20. Part V. The Web of War and the Maintenance of Society
21. 12. Occult Games 177
22. 13. Ritual Violence And The Cause Of Government 180
23. 14. War And Political Identity In Inter-African Relations 201
24. 15. Analysis Versus Existence 214
25. Part VI. Conciliation, the Role of Intermediaries, and the Settlement of Disputes
26. 16. The Legal Vocabulary And The Social Reality 227
27. 17. The Healing Power Of The Word 239
28. 18. The Role of Intermediaries 259
29. 19. Commerce, Communication, And Statecraft In Inter-African Relations 304
30. 20. The European Presence, Treaty Making, And The African Response 331
31. Conflict and Conciliation: Some Concluding Perspectives 369
32. Index of Ethnic and Linguistic Groups Mentioned in the Text 373
33. Bibliography of Sources Cited 383
34. Index 417
35. Backmatter 430