The headless state : aristocratic orders, kinship society, & misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia /

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In this groundbreaking work, social anthropologist David Sneath aggressively dispels the myths surrounding the history of steppe societies and proposes a new understanding of the nature and formation of the state. Since the colonial era, representations of Inner Asia have been dominated by images of...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sneath, David (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Sujets:
Since 1991
Tribal government > Asia, Central.
Clans > Asia, Central.
Power (Social sciences) > Asia, Central.
Aristocracy (Political science) > Asia, Central.
Gouvernement tribal > Asie centrale.
Clans > Asie centrale.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > Asie centrale.
Aristocratie > Asie centrale.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Aristocracy (Political science)
Clans
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Tribal government
Staat (politicologie)
Politieke macht.
Adel.
Steppen.
Asian history.
Asia.
Social & cultural anthropology.
History.
Asia, Central > Politics and government > 1991-
Asie centrale > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Central Asia
Azië.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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