{"product_id":"african-political-systems-revisited-changing-perspectives-on-statehood-and-power-9781800734722","title":"African Political Systems Revisited: Changing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tReexamining a classical work of social anthropology, \u003cem\u003eAfrican Political Systems\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This volume] is a rich collection …that more than succeeds in obliging us to acknowledge the ongoing empirical and theoretical value of a disciplinary monument without succumbing to either theoretical nostalgia or postcolonial posturing.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e•JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book is a high quality discussion by a group of established and upcoming anthropologists of the impact and value of a classical and foundational text in social anthropology … The result is a strong contribution to social anthropology with new theoretical and comparative insights.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• C.S. van der Waal\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stellenbosch University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAdam Kuper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Right Book at the Right Time: Early Reactions and Continuing Debates\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAleksandar Bošković\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e African Political Systems and Political Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHerbert S. Lewis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Complementary Segmentary Opposition, Early Kingship and the Looming State: Bridging the Dichotomy of African Political Systems\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSimon Simonse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Shilluk reth: Early King or Head of State? An Inter-Nilotic Exploration\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSimon Simonse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e From African Political Systems and Tribes Without Rulers via The Early State towards a New Approach to the Political Anthropology of Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePetr Skalník\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment in Ankole: Revisiting the Chapter by Oberg\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGünther Schlee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beyond African Political Systems? The Relevance of Patrilineal Descent in Moments of Crisis in Northern Somalia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarkus V. Hoehne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some Notes on the Tuareg (Kinin) of Northern Darfur\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMunzoul Assal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Nkandla Controversy: Insights from African Political Systems\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobin Palmer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rethinking Tswana Kingships and Their Incorporation in Modern Botswana State Formation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eØrnulf Gulbrandsen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBilinda Straight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042746466647,"sku":"9781800734722","price":104.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800734722.jpg?v=1750955442","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/african-political-systems-revisited-changing-perspectives-on-statehood-and-power-9781800734722","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}