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Justice and Warfare in Aboriginal Australia

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Meticulously examining ethnographic sources, Christophe Darmangeat argues that warfare among Australian Aborigines was often an extension of their penal systems. He demonstrates how violent conflict occurred when circumstances prohibited regulated judicial proceedings.
Christophe Darmangeat is associate professor at the University of Paris.
Chapter 1: Characterizing Aboriginal Societies Chapter 2: Common Forms of Justice Chapter 3: Deadly Confrontations Chapter 4: Why Fight? Chapter 5: A General Classification of Organized Violence Chapter 6: On the War Path Chapter 7: Means of War Chapter 8: Australia, a Unique Case
This is the first comprehensive study of the literature on the roles of collective violence in classical Aboriginal Australia. . . . Justice and Warfare in Aboriginal Australia makes a most useful addition to the anthropological literature on Australian society as it was before conquest by the British Empire. The nature of that society has recently come under considerable social media debate and public discussion in Australia. This book is thus a very timely contribution to our understanding of the past. -- Peter Sutton, South Australian Museum
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