The Resource The trouble with evil : social control at the edge of morality, Edwin M. Lemert
The trouble with evil : social control at the edge of morality, Edwin M. Lemert
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- Summary
- Edwin Lemert investigates the possibility that a consideration of evil will provide new power to explanations of deviance. He links classic studies of witchcraft and sorcery to the wider problem of social control. The search for prototypical evil (a view that Lemert rejects) turns to an investigation of sorcery because sorcery involves selfish interest and intentions on the part of the sorcerer, who uses cryptic means to harm a victim that he/she dislikes. The author then examines comparatively the conditions that produce evil actions, and social reactions to them, in a variety of societies; and he reviews explanations that previous scholars have offered for the presence and consequences of evil. A tangential consequence of this method is that the work takes on a strong Melanesian flavor, because so many of the classic studies of sorcery were conducted in that culture area. Lemert argues that the fragmented nature of political organization, rapid shifts in political alliance, and the frequency of competitive rituals involving food combine in Melanesia to produce conditions that favor the development of whole cultures that celebrate forms of animosity and violence
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages).
- Contents
-
- 1. The Sociological Perspective on Evil
- 2. Evil as Experience
- 3. Some Realities of Social Control
- 4. The Primitive Witch Hunt
- 5. Evil and Social Control in Melanesia
- 6. Sorcery as a Legal Remedy
- 7. Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780585089690
- Label
- The trouble with evil : social control at the edge of morality
- Title
- The trouble with evil
- Title remainder
- social control at the edge of morality
- Statement of responsibility
- Edwin M. Lemert
- Subject
-
- Africa -- Moral conditions
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Afrika
- Electronic books
- Ethnic & Race Studies
- Gender & Ethnic Studies
- Good and evil
- Good and evil
- Heksenvervolgingen
- Het Kwaad
- Hexerei
- Magie
- Melanesia
- Melanesia -- Moral conditions
- Melanesia -- Social conditions
- Melanesien
- Moral conditions
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Social Sciences
- Social conditions
- Social control
- Social control -- Africa
- Social control -- Melanesia
- Sociale controle
- Subsaharan Africa
- Witchcraft
- Witchcraft -- Africa
- Witchcraft -- Melanesia
- social control
- witchcraft
- Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Edwin Lemert investigates the possibility that a consideration of evil will provide new power to explanations of deviance. He links classic studies of witchcraft and sorcery to the wider problem of social control. The search for prototypical evil (a view that Lemert rejects) turns to an investigation of sorcery because sorcery involves selfish interest and intentions on the part of the sorcerer, who uses cryptic means to harm a victim that he/she dislikes. The author then examines comparatively the conditions that produce evil actions, and social reactions to them, in a variety of societies; and he reviews explanations that previous scholars have offered for the presence and consequences of evil. A tangential consequence of this method is that the work takes on a strong Melanesian flavor, because so many of the classic studies of sorcery were conducted in that culture area. Lemert argues that the fragmented nature of political organization, rapid shifts in political alliance, and the frequency of competitive rituals involving food combine in Melanesia to produce conditions that favor the development of whole cultures that celebrate forms of animosity and violence
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1912-1996
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lemert, Edwin M.
- Dewey number
- 306.4/096
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- GN645
- LC item number
- .L44 1997eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- SUNY series in deviance and social control
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Witchcraft
- Witchcraft
- Social control
- Social control
- Good and evil
- Africa
- Africa
- Melanesia
- Melanesia
- Subsaharan Africa
- social control
- witchcraft
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Good and evil
- Moral conditions
- Social control
- Social conditions
- Witchcraft
- Africa
- Melanesia
- Hexerei
- Afrika
- Melanesien
- Het Kwaad
- Sociale controle
- Heksenvervolgingen
- Magie
- Ethnic & Race Studies
- Gender & Ethnic Studies
- Social Sciences
- Label
- The trouble with evil : social control at the edge of morality, Edwin M. Lemert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Sociological Perspective on Evil -- 2. Evil as Experience -- 3. Some Realities of Social Control -- 4. The Primitive Witch Hunt -- 5. Evil and Social Control in Melanesia -- 6. Sorcery as a Legal Remedy -- 7. Conclusion
- Control code
- 42856338
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780585089690
- Lccn
- 96030388
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)42856338
- Label
- The trouble with evil : social control at the edge of morality, Edwin M. Lemert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Sociological Perspective on Evil -- 2. Evil as Experience -- 3. Some Realities of Social Control -- 4. The Primitive Witch Hunt -- 5. Evil and Social Control in Melanesia -- 6. Sorcery as a Legal Remedy -- 7. Conclusion
- Control code
- 42856338
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780585089690
- Lccn
- 96030388
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)42856338
Subject
- Africa -- Moral conditions
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Afrika
- Electronic books
- Ethnic & Race Studies
- Gender & Ethnic Studies
- Good and evil
- Good and evil
- Heksenvervolgingen
- Het Kwaad
- Hexerei
- Magie
- Melanesia
- Melanesia -- Moral conditions
- Melanesia -- Social conditions
- Melanesien
- Moral conditions
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Social Sciences
- Social conditions
- Social control
- Social control -- Africa
- Social control -- Melanesia
- Sociale controle
- Subsaharan Africa
- Witchcraft
- Witchcraft -- Africa
- Witchcraft -- Melanesia
- social control
- witchcraft
- Africa
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