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Secret et sociétés secrètes
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ISBN: 2908024179 9782908024173 Year: 1991 Publisher: CIRCE,

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Cultural divides : understanding and overcoming group conflict
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ISBN: 0871546906 Year: 1999 Publisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation,

Migrations and cultures: a world view
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ISBN: 0465045898 046504588X Year: 1996 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Basic Books

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Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time.'Migrations and Cultures:' shows the persistence of cultural traits, in particular racial and ethnic groups, and the role these groups' relocations play in redistributing skills, knowledge, and other forms of & human capital.& answers the question: What are the effects of disseminating the patterns of the particular set of skills, attitudes, and lifestyles each ethnic group has carried forth& both for the immigrants and for the host countries, in social as well as economic terms?

Nous et les autres : la réflexion française sur la diversité humaine
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ISBN: 9782020182171 2020182173 Year: 1992 Volume: 250 Publisher: Paris : Seuil,

The human potential for peace : an anthropological challenge to assumptions about war and violence
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ISBN: 0195181778 0195181786 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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In The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence, renowned anthropologist Douglas P. Fry shows how anthropology--with its expansive time frame and comparative orientation--can provide unique insights into the nature of war and the potential for peace. Challenging the traditional view that humans are by nature primarily violent and warlike, Professor Fry argues that along with the capacity for aggression humans also possess a strong ability to prevent, limit, and resolve conflicts without violence. Raising philosophy of science issues, the author shows that cultural beliefs asserting the inevitability of violence and war can bias our interpretations, affect our views of ourselves, and may even blind us to the possibility of achieving security without war. Fry draws on data from cultural anthropology, archaeology, and sociology as well as from behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology to construct a biosocial argument that challenges a host of commonly held assumptions. The Human Potential for Peace includes ethnographic examples from around the globe, findings from Fry's research among the Zapotec of Mexico, and results of cross-cultural studies on warfare. In showing that conflict resolution exists across cultures and by documenting the existence of numerous peaceful societies, it demonstrates that dealing with conflict without violence is not merely a utopian dream. The book also explores several highly publicized and interesting controversies, including Freeman's critique of Margaret Mead's writings on Samoan warfare; Napoleon Chagnon's claims about the Yanomam"o; and ongoing evolutionary debates about whether "hunter-gatherers" are peaceful or warlike. The Human Potential for Peace is ideal for undergraduate courses in political and legal anthropology, the anthropology of peace and conflict, peace studies, political sociology, and the sociology of war and violence. Written in an informal style with nume

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