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Transforming Warriors - The Ritual Organization of Military Force (Hardcover)
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Transforming Warriors - The Ritual Organization of Military Force (Hardcover)
Series: Cass Military Studies
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This volume offers an interdisciplinary study of how different
cultures have sought to transform individuals into warriors. War
changes people, however a less explored question is how different
societies want people to change as they are turned into warriors.
When societies go to war they recognize that a boundary is being
crossed. The participants are expected to do things that are
otherwise prohibited, or at least governed by different rules. This
edited volume analyses how different cultures have conceptualized
the transformations of an individual passing from a peacetime to a
wartime existence to become an active warrior. Despite their
differences, all societies grapple with the same question: how much
of the individual's peace-self should be and can be retained in the
state of war? The book explores cases such as the Nordic
berserkers, the Japanese samurai, and European knights, as well as
modern soldiers in Germany, Liberia, and Sweden. It shows that
archaic and modern societies are more similar than we usually
think: both kinds of societies use myths, symbols, and rituals to
create warriors. Thus, this volume seeks to redefine theories of
modernization and secularization. It shows that military
organizations need to take myths, symbols, and rituals seriously in
order to create effective units. This book will be of much interest
to students of military studies, war studies, sociology, religion,
and international relations in general.
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