The Disdain of Death and the Corpse's Power. Defilement and Purification of a Lobi (Burkina) Among the Lobi of Burkina (Haute-Volta), the years 1920-1930 saw numerous armed conflicts (vengeance and wars). What were the factors that made them necessary in the social context ? What was the warrior's role ? Why did they have to be purified after the murder of an ennemi ? Violence, as a practice, was instilled in informal age sets. Its exercice established homicide brotherhoods, competing for courage and proudly distinguishing themselves from the rest of society. To kill even one's pure ennemi is defiling, comparable to the destruction of certain powerful animals or certain anciently known plants. These acts all require purification rituals ...
National audienceIt can’t be denied that clergy played a mayor part in the creation of the commemora...
In the light of newly obtained information and a synthetic analysis of neolithical burial places the...
L’historiographie traditionnelle, qui met en scène le triomphe inéluctable de l’État centralisateur ...
The Disdain of Death and the Corpse's Power. Defilement and Purification of a Lobi (Burkina) Amon...
International audienceIn Europe as elsewhere in the world, genocide and mass violence have been a st...
International audienceIn Europe as elsewhere in the world, genocide and mass violence have been a st...
Cette contribution tente d’opérer une distinction entre les différentes formes de violence et la pra...
As much as gifts and countergifts, violence and warfare belong to that universe of reciprocation so ...
West Cameroon Bamilékés' cult of the skulls ; The place of the dead among the living is universally...
National audienceCommemoration plays a major role in understanding the rupture caused by violent con...
Manifestations of Violence in Ammassalimiut Society (East Coast of Groenland) In the precarious ba...
The Murder of the Lord in Feudal Society : Memory, Rites, Function. A series of chronicles from nor...
Death ambiances. Opening up a path to retaliation through screams, blood, and tears. When social sci...
M. Jackson — L'identité des morts: aspects des rites mortuaires dans une société d'Afrique occidenta...
Fût-elle menée au nom du prince, la guerre était riche d’occasions au cours desquelles le sentiment ...
National audienceIt can’t be denied that clergy played a mayor part in the creation of the commemora...
In the light of newly obtained information and a synthetic analysis of neolithical burial places the...
L’historiographie traditionnelle, qui met en scène le triomphe inéluctable de l’État centralisateur ...
The Disdain of Death and the Corpse's Power. Defilement and Purification of a Lobi (Burkina) Amon...
International audienceIn Europe as elsewhere in the world, genocide and mass violence have been a st...
International audienceIn Europe as elsewhere in the world, genocide and mass violence have been a st...
Cette contribution tente d’opérer une distinction entre les différentes formes de violence et la pra...
As much as gifts and countergifts, violence and warfare belong to that universe of reciprocation so ...
West Cameroon Bamilékés' cult of the skulls ; The place of the dead among the living is universally...
National audienceCommemoration plays a major role in understanding the rupture caused by violent con...
Manifestations of Violence in Ammassalimiut Society (East Coast of Groenland) In the precarious ba...
The Murder of the Lord in Feudal Society : Memory, Rites, Function. A series of chronicles from nor...
Death ambiances. Opening up a path to retaliation through screams, blood, and tears. When social sci...
M. Jackson — L'identité des morts: aspects des rites mortuaires dans une société d'Afrique occidenta...
Fût-elle menée au nom du prince, la guerre était riche d’occasions au cours desquelles le sentiment ...
National audienceIt can’t be denied that clergy played a mayor part in the creation of the commemora...
In the light of newly obtained information and a synthetic analysis of neolithical burial places the...
L’historiographie traditionnelle, qui met en scène le triomphe inéluctable de l’État centralisateur ...