Transforming warriors : the ritual organization of military force / edited by Peter Haldén and Peter Jackson.
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Haldén, Peter, 1977- (redaktör/utgivare)
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Jackson, Peter, 1971- (redaktör/utgivare)
- ISBN 9781138642836
- Publicerad: New York, NY : Routledge, [2016]
- Engelska 240 s.
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Serie: Cass military studies
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- "This volume offers an inter-disciplinary study of how different cultures have sought to transform individuals into warriors. War changes people, however a less explored question is how different societies want people to change as they are turned into warriors. When societies go to war they recognize that a boundary is being crossed. The participants are expected to do things that are otherwise prohibited, or at least encompassed by different rules. This edited volume analyses how different cultures have conceptualized the transformations of an individual passing from a peacetime to a wartime existence as an active warrior. Despite their differences, all societies grapple with the same question: How much of the individual's peace-self should be and can be retained in the state of war? The book explores cases such as the Nordic Berserkers, the Japanese Samurai, European Knights, as well as modern soldiers in Germany, Liberia, and Sweden. It shows that archaic and modern societies are more similar than we usually think: both kinds of societies use myths, symbols, and rituals to create warriors. Thus, this volume seeks to redefine theories of modernization and secularization. It shows that military organizations need to take myths, symbols and rituals seriously in order to create effective units. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war studies, sociology, religion and IR in general."--Provided by publisher.
Ämnesord
- Militärsociologi (sao)
- Ritualer (sao)
- Krig -- religiösa aspekter (sao)
- Military socialization. (LCSH)
- Military life. (LCSH)
- War. (LCSH)
- Ritual. (LCSH)
- Soldiers -- Psychology. (LCSH)
- Soldiers -- Training of -- History. (LCSH)
- Sociology, Military -- History. (LCSH)
- War -- Religious aspects. (LCSH)
- Soldater -- psykologiska aspekter (sao)
- Väpnade styrkor -- sociala aspekter (sao)
- Ritual (LCSH)
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- U21.5 (LCC)
- 306.27 (DDC)
- S:oa (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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