Lectures on Politics and Economic Life: Lecture 5 - Theory in political anthropology and the state

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Description: Lecture given by Alan Macfarlane to first year students in Social Anthropology and Social and Political Sciences in 2007 and 2008 and filmed by Zilan Wang

A broad view of political systems in all of human history; the state and systems of law; a genealogy of political theory from Aristotle onwards; the anthropological contribution to the understanding of politics
Hann, C., chapters 10-11
E.E.Evans-Pritchard, The Nuer (1965)
Edmund Leach, Political Systems of Highland Burma (1954)
F.G.Bailey, Stratagems and Spoils (1969)
Abner Cohen, Two Dimensional Man (1974)
 
Created: 2018-03-23 17:08
Collection: Politics and Economic Life Lectures
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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