The study of the state / edited by Henri J.M. Claessen, Peter Skalnik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Claessen, H. J. M.

Skalník, Peter, 1945-

Series:

New Babylon, studies in the social sciences

New Babylon studies in the social sciences ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Political anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 535 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

The Hague ; New York : Mouton, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Study of the State

Contents:

Front matter

1. 'Sacred kingship' and formation of the state / Abélès, Marc

2. Traditional Rwanda: deconsecrating a sacred kingdom / Back, Lucien R.

3. Kinship and politics. The formation of the state among the pastoralists of the Sahara and the Sahel / Bonte, Pierre

4. Specific features of the African early state / Claessen, Henri J.M.

5. Evolution, fission, and the early state / Cohen, Ronald

6. The structure of the Mamprusi kingdom and the cult of naam / Drucker-Brown, Susan

7. Social function and political power: a case study of state formation in irrigation society / Gunawardana, R.A.L.H.

8. The early state among the Eurasian nomads / Khazanov, Anatolii M.

9. The legitimation of early inchoate states / Kurtz, Donald V. / Showman, Margaret

10. Warfare and the origin of the state: another formulation / Lewis, Herbert S.

11. West African kingdoms and the early state: a review of some recent analyses / Lloyd, Peter

12. 'Divine kingship' in chiefdoms and states. A single ideological model / Muller, Jean-Claude

13. The Kushāṇa state: a preliminary study / Narain, A. K.

14. The pre-colonial Indian state in history and epistemology. A reconstruction of societal formation in the Western Deccan from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century / Perlin, Frank

15. Ways of state formation in Africa: a demonstration of typical possibilities / Sellnow, Irmgard

16. Kalinga and Andhra: the process of secondary state formation in early India / Seneviratne, Sudharshan

17. Some additional thoughts on the concept of the early state / Skalník, Peter

18. From 'empire' to state: the emergence of the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: c. 1350-1890 / Steinhart, Edward I.

19. Terrestrial deities and celestial bureaucrats: transformation of the state and local communities in the Asiatic mode of production in Japan / Sugita, Kurumi

20. The state as a problem of jurisprudence / Tamayo y Salmorán, Rolando

21. The state as empire / Thapar, Romila

22. The army and the formation of the states of West Africa in the nineteenth century: the cases of Kenedugu and Samori state / Tymowski, Michał

23. Marx and Weber on the primary state / Vitkin, Mikhail A.

24. The study of the Southeast Asian state / Winzeler, Robert L.

25. Ubi sumus? The Study of the State conference in retrospect / Claessen, Henri J.M. / Skalník, Peter

Biographical notes

Index of names

Index of subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110825794

3110825791

OCLC:

843635694