The headless state aristocratic orders, kinship society, & misrepresentations of nomadic Inner Asia

Introduction -- The myth of the kinship society : evolutionism and the anthropological imagination -- The imaginary tribe : colonial and imperial orders and the peripheral polity -- The state construction of the clan : the unilineal descent group and the ordering of -- The essentialized nomad : neoc...

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1. Verfasser: Sneath, David (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press 2007
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- The myth of the kinship society : evolutionism and the anthropological imagination -- The imaginary tribe : colonial and imperial orders and the peripheral polity -- The state construction of the clan : the unilineal descent group and the ordering of -- The essentialized nomad : neocolonial and soviet models -- Creating peoples : nation-state history and the notion of identity -- The headless state : aristocratic orders and the substrata of power
Beschreibung:Introduction -- The myth of the kinship society : evolutionism and the anthropological imagination -- The imaginary tribe : colonial and imperial orders and the peripheral polity -- The state construction of the clan : the unilineal descent group and the ordering of state subjects -- The essentialized nomad : neocolonial and Soviet models -- Creating peoples : nation-state history and the notion of identity -- The headless state : aristocratic orders and the substrata of power. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index. - Formerly CIP
Beschreibung:XI, 273 Seiten
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ISBN:9780231140546
978-0-231-14054-6