Near to the heart of the human predicament are impulses to avenge -
what most of us will recognize to be negative, counterproductive
reactions against others who pose a threat. By contrast, nothing
re-establishes our faith in humanity more than extraordinary acts
of concession, such as peace-making, generosity and sacrifice. In
this study Garry Trompf shows how various aspects of 'payback',
both negative and positive, provide the best indices to an
understanding of Melanesian views of life. The book explores the
reasons why people 'pay back' and opens up a whole dimension in the
cross-cultural study of human consciousness. The author conducts
his readers through the most complex anthropological pageant on
earth, illustrating his arguments from western New Guinea to Fiji.
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