The character of kingship
Introduction : The character of kingship / Declan Quigley -- Forms of sacralized power in Africa / Luc de Heusch -- Sacred king, sacrificial victim, surrogate victim or Frazer, Hocart, Girard / Lucien Scubla -- A reply to Lucien Scubla / Luc de Heusch -- Tragedy, ritual, and power in Nilotic regicid...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Berg
2005
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| Edition: | English ed., 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Saint Andrews <2002
/ King
B Asia / Saint Andrews <2002 / King B Pacific Area / Saint Andrews <2002 / King B Africa / King B Asia / King B Polynesia / King B Africa / Asia / Polynesia / King |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Chiefdoms B Kings and rulers B Conference program |
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| Summary: | Introduction : The character of kingship / Declan Quigley -- Forms of sacralized power in Africa / Luc de Heusch -- Sacred king, sacrificial victim, surrogate victim or Frazer, Hocart, Girard / Lucien Scubla -- A reply to Lucien Scubla / Luc de Heusch -- Tragedy, ritual, and power in Nilotic regicide : the regicidal dramas of the eastern Nilotes of Sudan in comparative perspective / Simon Simonse -- The transgressive nature of kingship in caste organization : monstrous royal doubles in Nepal / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine -- Kingship and untouchability / Declan Quigley -- Kingship and caste in Africa : history, diffusion, and evolution / Tal Tamari -- King house : the mobile polity in northern Ghana / Susan Drucker-Brown -- Kings and tribes in east India : the internal political dimension / Burkhard Schnepel -- Japanese monarchy in historical and comparative perspective / Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney -- Chiefs and kings in Polynesia / Henri J. M. Claessen. |
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| Item Description: | "Developed from discussions held during a conference on kingship in St. Andrews, Scotland in January 2002"--Acknowledgements - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | VI, 257 S. |
| ISBN: | 1-84520-290-2 1-84520-291-0 |
