The Character of Kingship (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Quigley, Declan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why has monarchy been such a prevalent institution throughout history and in such a diverse range of societies? Kingship is at the heart of both ritual and politics and has major implications for the theory of social and cultural anthropology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000190045
• Artikelnr.: 59558311

Autorenporträt

Declan Quigley is Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

FINAL1.Introduction: The Character of KingshipDeclan Quigley
honorary research associate
University of Oxford2. Forms of Sacralized Power in AfricaLuc de Heusch
Professor Emeritus
Free University of Brussels
Belgium3. Sacred King
Sacrificial Victim
Surrogate Victim or Frazer
Hocart
GirardLucien Scubla
Centre de Recherche en pistmologie Applique of the cole polytechnique
France 4. A Reply to Lucien ScublaLuc de Heusch
Professor Emeritus
Free University of Brussels
Belgium5. Tragedy
Ritual and Power in Nilotic Regicide. The Regicidal Dramas of the Eastern Nilotes of Sudan in Comparative PerspectiveSimon Simonse
independent scholar6. The Transgressive Nature of Kingship in Caste Organization: Monstrous Royal Doubles in NepalMarie Lecomte-Tilouine
CNRS
Villejuif
France7. Kingship and UntouchabilityDeclan Quigley
honorary research associate
University of Oxford8. Kingship and Caste in Africa: History
Diffusion and EvolutionTal Tamari
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) and Universit Libre de Bruxelles.9. King House: The Mobile Polity in Northern GhanaSusan Drucker-Brown
University of Cambridge10. Kings and Tribes in East India: The Internal Political DimensionBurkhard Schnepel
Martin-Luther-University
Germany11. Japanese Monarchy in Historical and Comparative PerspectiveEmiko Ohnuki-Tierney
University of Wisconsin
USA12. Chiefs and Kings in PolynesiaHenri J. M. Claessen
Leiden University
Netherlands