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Item specifics
- Condition
- Series
- A to Z
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Personalized
- No
- Level
- Intermediate, Advanced
- Features
- 1st Edition
- MPN
- kings
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- California Prop 65 Warning
- Does Not Apply
- ISBN
- 9780986132506
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hau Books
ISBN-10
0986132500
ISBN-13
9780986132506
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219089541
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
556 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
On Kings
Subject
Royalty, Political Ideologies / General, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
29 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-951344
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306
Synopsis
In anthropology, as much as in the current popular imagination, kings remain figures of fascination and intrigue. As the clich goes, kings continue to die spectacular deaths only to remain subjects of vitality and long life. This collection of essays by a teacher and his student -- two of the world's most distinguished anthropologists-- explores what kingship actually is, historically and anthropologically. The divine, the stranger, the numinous, the bestial--the implications for understanding kings and their sacred office are not limited to questions of sovereignty, but issues ranging from temporality and alterity to piracy and utopia; indeed, the authors argue that kingship offers us a unique window into the understanding fundamental dilemmas concerning the very nature of power, meaning, and the human condition. Besides general theoretical reflections, several essays included in the volume focus on particular case studies-- the BaKongo, Aztec, Shilluk, 18th century pirate kings of Madagascar, and others--though each also contains comparative material drawn from many other cases besides. With a jointly written critical introduction, richly framed with the wit and sharp analysis characteristic of these two thinkers, this volume opens up new avenues for how an anthropological study of kingship might proceed in the twenty-first century., In anthropology as much as in popular imagination, kings are figures of fascination and intrigue, heroes or tyrants in ways presidents and prime ministers can never be. This collection of essays by two of the world's most distinguished anthropologists--David Graeber and Marshall Sahlins--explores what kingship actually is, historically and anthropologically. As they show, kings are symbols for more than just sovereignty: indeed, the study of kingship offers a unique window into fundamental dilemmas concerning the very nature of power, meaning, and the human condition. Reflecting on issues such as temporality, alterity, and utopia--not to mention the divine, the strange, the numinous, and the bestial--Graeber and Sahlins explore the role of kings as they have existed around the world, from the BaKongo to the Aztec to the Shilluk and beyond. Richly delivered with the wit and sharp analysis characteristic of Graeber and Sahlins, this book opens up new avenues for the anthropological study of this fascinating and ubiquitous political figure.
LC Classification Number
GN492.7
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