The Political Machine : Assembling Sovereignty in the Bronze Age Caucasus /

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The Political Machine investigates the essential role that material culture plays in the practices and maintenance of political sovereignty. Through an archaeological exploration of the Bronze Age Caucasus, Adam Smith demonstrates that beyond assemblies of people, polities are just as importantly as...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Smith, Adam T. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [New York, New York] : Published in association with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sovereignty.
Bronze age.
Antiquities.
sovereignty.
Âge du bronze > Transcaucasie.
Culture materielle > Aspect politique > Transcaucasie.
Souverainete.
Bronze age > Caucasus, South.
Material culture > Political aspects > Caucasus, South.
South Caucasus.
Transcaucasie > Antiquites.
Caucasus, South > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : reverse engineering the polity
  • Part 1. The machinery of sovereignty. On assemblages and machines
  • On the matter of sovereignty
  • Part 2. Assembling sovereignty. The civilization machine in the early Bronze Age
  • The war machine in the middle Bronze Age
  • The political machine in the late Bronze Age.

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