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Vengeance and the role of the state

Posted on 1 May, 2008 by jby

The New Yorker has a great essay by Jared Diamond on the role of revenge in tribal societies. It’s more story-telling than the sort of rigorous comparative anthropology on display in Guns, Germs, and Steel, but it’s fascinating.

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