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The Politics of Custom

- Chiefship, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa
Engelsk Paperback

The Politics of Custom

- Chiefship, Capital, and the State in Contemporary Africa
Engelsk Paperback
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How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expected, indigenous sovereigns are instead a rising force, often wielding substantial power and legitimacy despite major changes in the workings of the global political economy in the post–Cold War era—changes in which they are themselves deeply implicated.   This pathbreaking volume, edited by anthropologists John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff, explores the reasons behind the increasingly assertive politics of custom in many corners of Africa. Chiefs come in countless guises—from university professors through cosmopolitan businessmen to subsistence farmers–but, whatever else they do, they are a critical key to understanding the tenacious hold that “traditional” authority enjoys in the late modern world. Together the contributors explore this counterintuitive chapter in Africa’s history and, in so doing, place it within the broader world-making processes of the twenty-first century.
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How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expected, indigenous sovereigns are instead a rising force, often wielding substantial power and legitimacy despite major changes in the workings of the global political economy in the post–Cold War era—changes in which they are themselves deeply implicated.   This pathbreaking volume, edited by anthropologists John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff, explores the reasons behind the increasingly assertive politics of custom in many corners of Africa. Chiefs come in countless guises—from university professors through cosmopolitan businessmen to subsistence farmers–but, whatever else they do, they are a critical key to understanding the tenacious hold that “traditional” authority enjoys in the late modern world. Together the contributors explore this counterintuitive chapter in Africa’s history and, in so doing, place it within the broader world-making processes of the twenty-first century.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780226510934
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 022651093X
Kategori: Social- & Kulturantropologi
Udg. Dato: 8 mar 2018
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 226mm
Højde: 153mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 8 mar 2018
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Kategori Social- & Kulturantropologi

ISBN-13 9780226510934

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 368

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 226mm

Højde 153mm

Udg. Dato 8 mar 2018

Oplagsdato 8 mar 2018

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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