Book
Semai nonviolence: a systems approach to understanding
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Robarchek, Clayton Allen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Behavior processes and personality
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Religious beliefs
- Religious practices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clayton Allen Robarchek
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Riverside, 1978
- UM 78-00847
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-291)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)