Kings of disaster : dualism, centralism, and the scapegoat king in southeastern Sudan / Simon Simonse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simonse, Simon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political anthropology.

Scapegoat.

Kinship.

Kings and rulers.

Sudan--Kings and rulers--Case studies.

Sudan.

Kinship--Sudan.

Scapegoat--Case studies.

Political anthropology--Sudan.

Nation-state.

Physical Description:

xx, 535 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Revised, illustrated edition.

Place of Publication:

Kampala, Uganda : Fountain Publishers, [2017].

Contents:

Pt. I The Problem and the Setting

1. The King: Focus of Suspense, Lever of Consensus and Inventor of the State

2. Ethnological Connections Between the Nile and the Kidepo

3. Modes of Subsistence and Social Organisation

4. The Passing of the Glamour: The Ban

5. The Twin Kingdoms: The Lotuho

6. The Bugbear of the Administration: The Pari, Lokoya, and Lulubo

pt. II Dualism: Generating Consensus from the Suspense of War

7. The Dualist Structure of Territorial Organisation

8. The Dualist Structure of Age-class Organisation

pt. III Centralism: The King as Aggressor of the People

9. The King as Enemy of his People

10. The King as Unifier of the People

11. Tipping the Balance of Power from the People to the King

12. Boundaries in the Sky: The Territorial Dimension of Kingship

13. The Fingers of God: The Cosmological Dimension of Kingship

14. Rain Queens and Rainstones: Symbols of the Centre

15. The Spear and the Bead: The Fragility of Kingship

pt. IV The Scapegoat King: The People as Aggressor of their King

16. The King as Victim in Suspense

17. The King as Victim

18. "Catching Life in the Spell of Death": The Ritualisation of the King's Victimhood

19. The Metabolism of Violence and Order: The King's Stomach at Work

CONCLUSION

Appendix I Chronology of Key Events

Appendix II Linguistic affinity between the ethnic groups figuring in the text

Archival Sources

Published Titles and Theses

Map of the Peoples of South Sudan

Map of East Bank Equatoria

Name Index of the Kings, Queens, Masters and Other Overlords Figuring in the Dramas of this Study.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789970258970

9970258974

OCLC:

1005057428