Henrik Vigh

Henrik Vigh

Professor

Introductory remarks on publicationslist

Reviews: Navigating Terrains of War: youth and soldiering in Guinea-Bissau (2006) Oxford/New York: Berghahn

"For the increasingly numerous anthropologists [specializing in Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology] Henrik Vigh's book on young combatants in the war in Guinea-Bissau should be compulsory reading material."JRAI

"The book is remarkably successful in this ambitious endeavour [to address the tensions between structure and agency through the author's concept of social navigation] because it combines solidly researched and eloquently formulated ethnography with engagement of a wide range of theory.... it merits a cover-to-cover read."Journal of Peace Research

"In his excellent [book], Vigh offers a sophisticated and highly insightful analysis of mobilization and soldiering among contemporary urban African youths...This is a very welcome empirically based and theoretically sophisticated contribution to our understanding of one of Africa's recent ‘small wars'."Social Anthropology

"Though written accessibly, its principal preoccupations are theoretical. Vigh draws on a range of theorists... [and] social philosophers...Along the way he provides useful excursions through the literature on contemporary violence and African liberation movements...[The book] is among the most exciting and important contributions available today."Ethnos

"Navigating Terrain of Wars represents a vivid effort to understand the complex world of war and poverty. In this masterful work, Vigh [...] poses not only poignant questions respecting the unresolved frustrations of an entire generation that passed politically from left to right, but also provides a serious framework to understand how violence works. This is, undoubtedly, one of the best books I have ever read in these types of topics. Magisterially explained throughout the ten chapters that form the project, Vigh reveals how poverty is conducive to warfare." Essays in Philosophy


  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Conflictual Motion and Political Inertia: on Rebellions and Revolutions in Bissau and Beyond

    Vigh, Henrik, 2009, In: African Studies Review. 52, 2, p. 143-164 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Motion Squared: A Second look at the Concept of Social Navigation

    Vigh, Henrik, 2009, In: Anthropological Theory. 9, 4, p. 419-438 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Wayward Migration: On Imagined Futures and Technological Voids

    Vigh, Henrik, 2009, In: Ethnos. 74, 1, p. 91-109 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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