Bandits

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4 pages

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.doc

Published date :

04/22/2008

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Table of Contents Bandits Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The bandits of Guangdong China
  3. Social banditry in the modern world
  4. A difference between past and present in modern society's classification of terrorists
  5. The social bandit defined by Eric Hobsbawm
  6. Conclusion

Abstract

The myth of Robin Hood has not only created a long lasting fairy tale for our youth it has also created the definition of what Eric Hobsbawm calls a social bandit: one who gives to the poor by taking from the rich. Hobsbawm uses the myth of Robin Hood to identify bandits who have reached a certain plateau in their regional societies to be declared "social" bandits. These social bandits were supposed to have been pre-political demonstrators on behalf of the peasant population against those who had power in society. Alongside the definition of what a social bandit was supposed to emulate Hobsbawm gives criteria for who a social bandit was: mostly comprised of peasants in dire economic straits. However both the image of so-called social bandits and who a social bandit was in Hobsbawm's view and also the view of peasant's themselves were mere psychological creations; the reality of who their celebrated bandits does not qualify them for Hobsbawm's definition of "social" bandits specifically in the Chinese region.

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About the author :

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Level :General public Study : Political science School/University : St. Francis Xavier

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