Terror and Violence

Dr Andrew Strathern is Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is the author of several books, including, Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumours and Gossip (CUP, 2004), Empowering the Past, Confronting the Future (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Landscape, Memory and History (Pluto, 2005) and Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2003).Pamela J. Stewart is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Her books include Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2005) and Landscape, Memory and History (Pluto, 2003).Neil Whitehead (1956-2012) was Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He is co-editor of Terror and Violence (Pluto, 2005).

'These cases show that terror was essentially about having no redress either through the courts or through persons occupying positions of influence'

• Introduction Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart University of Pittsburgh, USA1. 'Terror Against Terror': 9/11 or 'Kano War' in the Nigerian Electronic Press? Misty L Bastian Franklin and Marshall College, USA2. Vigilante Organisations, the Politics of Theft, and Imagined Conceptions of Community among the Kuria of Kenya Suzette Heald Brunel University, UK3. Unspeakable Crimes: Athenian-Greek Perceptions of Local and International Terrorism Elisabeth Kirtsoglou University of Wales, Lampeter, UK4. The Indian State, its Sikh Citizens, and Terror Joyce Pettigrew Queens University of Belfast, UK5. Between Victims and Assailants, Victims and Friends: Sociality and the Imagination in Indo-Fijian Narratives of Rural Violence during the May 2000 Fiji Coup Susanna Trnka University of Auckland, New Zealand6. Narratives of Violence and Perils of Peace-Making in North-South Cross-Border Contexts, Ireland Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern University of Pittsburgh, USA7. The Sign of Kanaima, the Space of Guayana and the Demonology of Development Neil L. Whitehead University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA8. Imaginary Violence and the Terrible Mother: The Imagery of Balinese Witchcraft Michele Stephen La Trobe University, Australia9. Afterword Neil L. Whitehead University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA