Human Conflict from Neanderthals to the Samburu: Structure and Agency in Webs of Violence
This book examines human conflict throughout history, the reasons behind the struggles, and why it persists. The volume delves into the causes of human conflict and what can be done about them. Based on detailed descriptions that support insightful interp
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uman Conflict from Neanderthals to the Samburu: Structure and Agency in Webs of Violence
Human Conflict from Neanderthals to the Samburu: Structure and Agency in Webs of Violence
William P. Kiblinger Editor
Human Conflict from Neanderthals to the Samburu: Structure and Agency in Webs of Violence
Editor William P. Kiblinger Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC, USA
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Foreword
The collection of essays in this volume derives largely from ongoing research that has been presented by a variety of anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and paleo-anthropologists around the globe at the biennial Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality, and Peace Studies (WESIPS) 2015 Conference held at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study in Seville, Spain.1 From this group of connected scholars, a call for similar-minded scholars to contribute to the volume was made, yielding the collection of chapters in this volume. The scholars involved in this volume recognize that warfare, environmental degradation, and social inequality have brought much suffering to humankind, but that too often scholarly attempts at understanding the nature of these problems have been conducted through the prisms of their respective disciplines. In order to facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilization, the conference and the scholarship that grows from it address the underlying causes of warfare, environm
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