John Borneman: 2 books

Book cover of Syrian Episodes

Syrian Episodes

Sons, Fathers, and an Anthropologist in Aleppo

by John Borneman
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2007

When Princeton anthropologist John Borneman arrived in Syria's second-largest city in 2004 as a visiting Fulbright professor, he took up residence in what many consider a "rogue state" on the frontline of a "clash of civilizations" between the Orient and the West. Hoping to understand...
Book cover of Cruel Attachments

Cruel Attachments

The Ritual Rehab of Child Molesters in Germany

by John Borneman
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015

There is no more seemingly incorrigible criminal type than the child sex offender. Said to suffer from a deeply rooted paraphilia, he is often considered as outside the moral limits of the human, profoundly resistant to change. Despite these assessments, in much of the West an increasing focus on...
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