Tribes Without Rulers

Tribes Without Rulers
Author: John Middleton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113653220X

Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system is based upon a balance of power between many small groups, which with their lack of classes or specialized political offices, have been called 'ordered anarchies'. First published in 1958.

Tribes Without Rulers

Tribes Without Rulers
Author: John Middleton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2003-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780758145659

Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking.

Tribes Without Rulers

Tribes Without Rulers
Author: John Middleton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136532137

Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system is based upon a balance of power between many small groups, which with their lack of classes or specialized political offices, have been called 'ordered anarchies'. First published in 1958.

African Political Systems Revisited

African Political Systems Revisited
Author: Aleksandar Bošković
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-04-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800734735

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.

Studies in Ibo Political Systems

Studies in Ibo Political Systems
Author: Ikenna Nzimiro
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2023-12-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0520325168

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

New Arabian Studies Volume 2

New Arabian Studies Volume 2
Author: P. Bidwell
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1994-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780859894524

New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion. It provides authoritative information intended to appeal to both the specialist and general reader. Both the traditional and the modern aspects of Arabia are covered, excluding contemporary controversial politics. Contributions by Hussein Abdullah al-Amri, Madawi Al-Rasheed, W. J. Donaldson, A. B. D. R. Eagle, Andrey Korotayev, Richard I. Lawless, Eric Macro, Brian Marshall, Mikhail Rodionov, Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Martine Vanhove and Jerzy Zdanowski

African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa

African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa
Author: Ezra Chitando
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317184203

The historiography of African religions and religions in Africa presents a remarkable shift from the study of 'Africa as Object' to 'Africa as Subject', thus translating the subject from obscurity into the global community of the academic study of religion. This book presents a unique multidisciplinary exploration of African traditions in the study of religion in Africa and the new African diaspora. The book is structured under three main sections - Emerging trends in the teaching of African Religions; Indigenous Thought and Spirituality; and Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars and non-African contexts. African scholars enrich the study of religions from their respective academic and methodological orientations. Jacob Kehinde Olupona stands out as a pioneer in the socio-scientific interpretation of African indigenous religion and religions in Africa. This book is to his honour and marks his immense contribution to an emerging field of study and research.