Theft of an Idol: Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence

by Paul R. Brass

Book Overview

As collective violence erupts in many regions throughout the world, we often hear media reports that link the outbreaks to age-old ethnic or religious hostilities, thereby freeing the state, its agents, and its political elites from responsibility. Paul Brass encourages us to look more closely at the issues of violence, ethnicity, and the state by focusing on specific instances of violence in their local contexts and questioning the prevailing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691026505
• ISBN13: 9780691026503
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"