Social Bandits
The concept of the “social” bandit was introduced by the late historian, Eric Hobsbawm, to describe “noble robbers” or outlaw heroes who resist oppressions visited on the poor and weak. The English Robin Hood is perhaps the best-known example, but such figures appear in folk traditions around the wo...
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2014
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| author | Seal, Graham |
| author2 | Jay S. Albanese |
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| description | The concept of the “social” bandit was introduced by the late historian, Eric Hobsbawm, to describe “noble robbers” or outlaw heroes who resist oppressions visited on the poor and weak. The English Robin Hood is perhaps the best-known example, but such figures appear in folk traditions around the world and across at least several thousand years of history. Hobsbawm's contention that certain nominally criminal figures could be considered fighters against oppression, and therefore supported by their environing communities, has been influential and controversial across many fields of scholarship. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-37542017-09-13T14:39:15Z Social Bandits Seal, Graham Jay S. Albanese cross-cultural research crime ideology collective behaviour class (social) The concept of the “social” bandit was introduced by the late historian, Eric Hobsbawm, to describe “noble robbers” or outlaw heroes who resist oppressions visited on the poor and weak. The English Robin Hood is perhaps the best-known example, but such figures appear in folk traditions around the world and across at least several thousand years of history. Hobsbawm's contention that certain nominally criminal figures could be considered fighters against oppression, and therefore supported by their environing communities, has been influential and controversial across many fields of scholarship. 2014 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3754 10.1002/9781118517383.wbeccj197 John Wiley & Sons restricted |
| spellingShingle | cross-cultural research crime ideology collective behaviour class (social) Seal, Graham Social Bandits |
| title | Social Bandits |
| title_full | Social Bandits |
| title_fullStr | Social Bandits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Bandits |
| title_short | Social Bandits |
| title_sort | social bandits |
| topic | cross-cultural research crime ideology collective behaviour class (social) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3754 |