Table 3-3. Mapping the doman of human-on-human violence: Illustrative list of forms of violence showing differences in scale, legality, and social approval

3.4 Motives for Participation in Institutionalized Group Violence

Chapter 4. Socially-Sanctioned Group Violence: Features, Examples, and Sources

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Some Socially-Sanctioned Forms of Physical Violence and Violation

4.3 Human Sacrifice, Slavery, and Corporal Punishment

Human Sacrifice

Slavery

Corporal Punishment

4.4 The Declining Tolerance for Violence

4.5 The Rise of Institutionalized Forms of Violence

4.6 The Demise of Institutionalized Forms of Violence

4.7 Goals, Efficacy, and Morality in Institutionalized Violence and Violation

Chapter 5. Ritual Cannibalism: A Case Study of Socially-Sanctioned Group Violence

5.1 Introduction

The Meaning of Ritual Cannibalism

The Debate over the Existence of Ritual Cannibalism

The Organization of the Chapter

5.2 The Global Incidence and Correlates of Cannibalism

Table 5-1. Quantitative results of Volhard’s and Sanday’s global surveys of reported cannibal practices

Table 5-2. Results of Sanday’s analysis of factors affecting the occurrence of cannibalism

Table 5-3. The global distribution of cultures, and proportions of simple cultures, in the Volhard, Murdock and White, and Sanday samples

Table 5-4. The North American tribes coded for cannibalism by Volhard and Sanday compared with all North American tribes, grouped by language and region

5.3 The Purposes and Forms of Cannibalism

5.4 Morality and Affect in Customary Cannibalism

Table 5-5. Chong’s analysis of reported incidents of cannibalism in China by purpose and form

5.5 The Demise of Customary Cannibalism

Chapter 6. Sanctioned Violence, Morality, and Cultural Evolution

6.1 Introduction

6.2 The Pattern of Successive Forms of Socially-Sanctioned Violence

The Forms of Social Organization and the Forms of Sanctioned Violence

6.3 Directed Cultural Evolution and Priorities among Human Needs

Costs and Benefits of the Shift from Small Hunter-gatherer Groups to Large Warring States

Table 6-1. Comparative historical estimates of world populatlon size (in millions) and life expectancy, 40,000 BC to 1850 AD

6.4 The End of Socially-Sanctioned Forms of Violence

Appendix: The Debate on the Existence of Cannibalism

Scholarly Studies of Cannibalism

Other Bodies of Literature about Cannibalism

William Arens and His Critics: A Comprehensive Review

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