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PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-101800734727
ISBN-139781800734722
eBay Product ID (ePID)9057283444
Product Key Features
Number of Pages278 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAfrican Political Systems Revisited : Changing Perspectives on Statehood and Power
Publication Year2022
SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, World / African
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorGünther Schlee
SeriesIntegration and Conflict Studies
FormatHardcover
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Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2021-052747
Reviews"[This volume] is a rich collection ...that more than succeeds in obliging us to acknowledge the ongoing empirical and theoretical value of a disciplinary monument without succumbing to either theoretical nostalgia or postcolonial posturing." *JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) "The book is a high quality discussion by a group of established and upcoming anthropologists of the impact and value of a classical and foundational text in social anthropology ... The result is a strong contribution to social anthropology with new theoretical and comparative insights." * C.S. van der Waal, Stellenbosch University, "The book is a high quality discussion by a group of established and upcoming anthropologists of the impact and value of a classical and foundational text in social anthropology ... The result is a strong contribution to social anthropology with new theoretical and comparative insights." * C.S. van der Waal, Stellenbosch University
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number26
Dewey Decimal306.2096
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Foreword Adam Kuper Chapter 1. The Right Book at the Right Time: Early Reactions and Continuing Debates Aleksandar Boskovic Chapter 2. African Political Systems and Political Anthropology Herbert S. Lewis Chapter 3. Complementary Segmentary Opposition, Early Kingship and the Looming State: Bridging the Dichotomy of African Political Systems Simon Simonse Chapter 4. The Shilluk reth: Early King or Head of State? An Inter-Nilotic Exploration Simon Simonse Chapter 5. From African Political Systems and Tribes Without Rulers via The Early State towards a New Approach to the Political Anthropology of Africa Petr Skalník Chapter 6. Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment in Ankole: Revisiting the Chapter by Oberg Günther Schlee Chapter 7. Beyond African Political Systems? The Relevance of Patrilineal Descent in Moments of Crisis in Northern Somalia Markus V. Hoehne Chapter 8. Some Notes on the Tuareg (Kinin) of Northern Darfur Munzoul Assal Chapter 9. The Nkandla Controversy: Insights from African Political Systems Robin Palmer Chapter 10. Rethinking Tswana Kingships and Their Incorporation in Modern Botswana State Formation Ørnulf Gulbrandsen Afterword Bilinda Straight Index
SynopsisReexamining a classical work of social anthropology, African Political Systems (1940), edited by Fortes and Evans-Pritchard, this book looks at the colonial and academic context from which the work arose, as well as its reception and its subject matter, and looks at how the work can help with analysis of current politics in Africa. This book critically reflects upon the history of anthropology. It also contributes to a political anthropology which is aware of its antecedents, self-reflexive as a discipline, conscious of pitfalls and biases, and able to locate itself in its academic, social and political environment.
LC Classification NumberGN492 .A37 2022
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