102 Pages
by
Routledge
102 Pages
by
Routledge
102 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional African states and those of Europe and Asia. Differences in the modes of agricultural production were connected with differences in other... Read more
1. Feudalism in Africa? 2. Polity and the Means of Production 3. Polity and the Means of Destruction 4. Polity and Ritual: The Opposition of Horse and Earth 5. Conclusions
Biography
Sir John Rankine Goody, FBA (27 July 1919 - 16 July 2015) was a British social anthropologist. He was a prominent lecturer at Cambridge University, and was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology from 1973 to 1984
