{"product_id":"hierarchy-persistence-and-transformation-in-social-formations-9781845454906","title":"Hierarchy: Persistence and Transformation in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tLouis Dumont's concept of hierarchy continues to inspire social scientists. Using it as their starting point, the contributors to this volume introduce both fresh empirical material and new theoretical considerations. On the basis of diverse ethnographic contexts in Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East they challenge some current conceptions of hierarchical formations and reassess former debates - of post-colonial and neo-colonial agendas, ideas of \"democratization\" and \"globalization,\" and expanding market economies - both with regard to new theoretical issues and the new world situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"This welcome volume collects 12 essays addressing problems in the analysis of sociocultural values and sociocultural hierarchy, in dialogue with ideas of Dumont.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  American Ethnologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Hierarchy and Its Alternatives: An Introduction to Movements of Totalization and Detotalization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKnut M. Rio\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOlaf H. Smedal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Conversion, Hierarchy, and Cultural Change: Value and Syncretism in the Globalization of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJoel Robbins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Gender and Value: Conceptualizing Social Forms on Ambrym, Vanuatu\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnnelin Eriksen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Can a Hierarchical Religion Survive without Its Center? Caodaism, Colonialism, and Exile\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJanet Hoskins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Headless State in Inner Asia: Reconsidering Kinship Society and the Discourse of Tribalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid Sneath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Perfect Sovereign: The Sacralized Power of the Ottoman Sultan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKjetil Fosshagen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Marriage, Rank, and Politics in Hawaii\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eValerio Valeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Polynesian Conceptions of Sociality: A Dynamic Field of Hierarchical Encompassment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIngjerd Hoëm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e On the Value of the Beast or the Limit of Money: Notes on the Meaning of Marriage Prestations among the Ngadha, Central Flores (Indonesia)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eOlaf H. Smedal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Hierarchy Is not Inequality-in Polynesia, for Instance\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSerge Tcherkézoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Hierarchy and Power: A Comparative Attempt under Asymmetrical Lines\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAndré Iteanu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/b\u003e On Dumont's Relentless Comparativism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFrederick H. Damon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042977513815,"sku":"9781845454906","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454906.jpg?v=1750956490","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hierarchy-persistence-and-transformation-in-social-formations-9781845454906","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}