African political systems revisited: changing perspectives on statehood and power

"Reexamining 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 a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bošković, Aleksandar 1962- (HerausgeberIn), Schlee, Günther 1951- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2022
Schriftenreihe:Integration and conflict studies volume 26
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Zusammenfassung:"Reexamining 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 contributes to the history of anthropology, which is critically reflected upon. 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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxi, 256 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781800734722

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