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 analys...

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Other Authors: Bošković, Aleksandar 1962- (Editor), Schlee, Günther 1951- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2022
Series:Integration and conflict studies volume 26
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary: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 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 256 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781800734739
DOI:10.1515/9781800734739

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