260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Politics is all about power, and power--its composition, creation, and use--pervades this unique and clearly written assessment of the paradigms by which anthropologists explain and understand political phenomena. In Political Anthropology, Donald V. Kurtz examines how anthropologists think about politics, political organizations, and problems fundamental to political anthropology. He explores the... Read more
Introduction -- Paradigms and Science -- The Paradigms of Political Anthropology -- Political Essentials -- Political Power -- Political Leaders and Authorities -- Succession to Political Status and Office and the Legitimation of Political Authority -- Paradigms and Topics of Political Anthropology -- The Structural-Functional Paradigm -- The Politics of Kinship -- The Processual Paradigm -- The Paradigm of Political Economy -- The Paradigm of Political Evolution -- The Paradigm of Political Evolution -- Anthropology and the Study of the State -- The Postmodern Paradigm of Political Anthropology
Biography
Donald V Kurtz
