Book
Semai nonviolence: a systems approach to understanding
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Robarchek, Clayton Allen.
Abstract
This study represents an empirical investigation directed toward the solution of a specific ethnographic problem relevant to the question of why, in a world filled with violence, do the Semai Senoi shun violence toward their fellow human beings. Robarchek, using a systems perspective that conceives of behavior at any level of analysis to be the product of a complex interaction on a variety of levels of organization examines the sources, maintenance and transmission of this non-violent orientation. The author's approach to this problem emphasizes circular rather than linear causality, goal direction, positive and negative feedback, and a holistic and synthetic methodology. The actual sources of the non-violent behavior are thus sought in organic, organismic and sociocultural processes utilizing a number of theories from psychiatry, psychology, sociology and anthropology.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1989
- Field Date
- 1973-1974
- Coverage Date
- 1973-1974
- Coverage Place
- Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
- Notes
- Clayton Allen Robarchek
- UM 78-00847
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-291)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Riverside, 1978
- LCSH
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)