Anton Blok

Anton Blok (* 1935) is a Dutch cultural anthropologist.

Blok is since 1972 professor at the University of Amsterdam - now emeritus. He ran in the 1960 fieldwork in Sicily and was known for his publications on the Mafia.

Writings (selection )

  • The Mafia in a Sicilian village 1860 - 1960th A study of violent peasant entrepreneurs, Frankfurt aM, 1981, ISBN 3-518-11082-9
  • Anthropological Perspectives: Introduction, criticism and plea, 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Klett - Cotta, 1995, ISBN 3- 608-91725 -X ( first edition 1985)
  • Honour and violence, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001.
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