In this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback', both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life.
In this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback', both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an understanding of Melanesian views of life.
Illustrations and tables Preface Abbreviations Preliminaries: the theory of retributive logic Part I. 'Tradition': 1. Revenge 2. Reciprocity 3. Integrating and explaining significant events Part II. 'Cargo Cultism': 4. Reprisal 5. Redemption 6. Wishing and explaining the extraordinary Part III. 'Modernization': 7. Recrimination - in 'modern' guises 8. Making money and modernizing reciprocities 9. Money, morals, meaning: old logics, new retributions? Conclusions and recommendations: Bibliography Index of Melanesian cultures General index.
Illustrations and tables Preface Abbreviations Preliminaries: the theory of retributive logic Part I. 'Tradition': 1. Revenge 2. Reciprocity 3. Integrating and explaining significant events Part II. 'Cargo Cultism': 4. Reprisal 5. Redemption 6. Wishing and explaining the extraordinary Part III. 'Modernization': 7. Recrimination - in 'modern' guises 8. Making money and modernizing reciprocities 9. Money, morals, meaning: old logics, new retributions? Conclusions and recommendations: Bibliography Index of Melanesian cultures General index.
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