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100 _aPadel, Felix
245 _aSacrificing People
_b Invasions of a Tribal Landscape
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOrient Longman Ltd
_c2011
300 _a465p
500 _aincludes index and biblioraphy
505 2 _aA Case Study of Colonialism Nirantali and the creation of earth¿On the meaning of sacrifice¿`The enlightened treatment and strong hand`¿The Kond tribe¿Tribal culture¿`A conquest over their minds`¿The colonial power structure¿Anthropology full circle Conquest: The Ghumsur Wars `Pacification`¿The deadly pursuit of honour¿Punish and reward Suppressing Human Sacrifice: The Meriah Agency "The right of the Government... .did not admit of a . question`¿Macpherson`s war¿A war of . words¿Campbell`s regime Human Sacrifice As a Kond And Hindu Ritual The meriah rite¿Female infanticide¿The context of Kond religion¿The brotherhood of clans¿The role of the Hindu rajahs¿The Dom`s child¿Interpreting human sacrifice The Colonial Sacrifice of `Enlightened Government` Saving meriahs: a Robinson Crusoe complex¿Human sacrifice versus Christian sacrifice: the conscious contrast¿Human sacrifice versus public execution: the unconscious contrast¿After the Agency¿Indian intermediaries: old and new elites¿The sacrifice of life, land and liberty `Soldiers of Christ` Complementing the administration¿`Giving his life for the Konds`¿Missionary dualism¿School and hospital: diffusing Christian knowledge¿Conversion: a religion of fear¿Dividing the community Merchants of Knowledge: Anthropologists in a Social Structure A gulf of understanding¿The conquerors as anthropologists¿`The Kandhas do not take any thought for the morrow`¿A hierarchy of knowledge¿The sacrifice for science¿A human anthropology? In the Name of Development Cycles of exploitation¿The colonial roles¿Sacrificing the present for an unreal future¿What is real development? Questioning the Sacrifice: A Postscript Different levels of human sacrifice¿Colonial roots of the modern sacrifice¿Conflict in Kandhamal¿Mining and cultural genocide
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