Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan
A comparative study of the political organization of five Eastern Nilotic peoples based on field work and written sources, analyzed in the light of Rene Girard's victimary anthropology. Regicide (several recent case studies) appears as a logical and necessary practice in these political systems...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Boston
BRILL
1992
|
| In: | Year: 1992 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Simonse, Simon, 1943-, Kings of disaster : dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan] (1994) (Williams, James G., 1936 -)
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Human Society Series
v.5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sudan (Südost)
/ King
B Staat Südsudan / King / Scapegoat / Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Centralism
B Girard, René (1923-2015) B King B Case study collection B Africa B Sudan B Politics B Scapegoat B Dualism B Herrschertum |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
|
| Summary: | A comparative study of the political organization of five Eastern Nilotic peoples based on field work and written sources, analyzed in the light of Rene Girard's victimary anthropology. Regicide (several recent case studies) appears as a logical and necessary practice in these political systems which are neither segmentary nor states. Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of case histories -- Introduction -- The aim of this study -- The plan of the book -- A note on terminology: Kings, chiefs, Masters, and Rainmakers -- Technical notes -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: The Problem and the Setting -- 1. The sacred, consensus and power -- The scapegoat mechanism according to René Girard -- The victimary scenario of conflict resolution -- Consensus and the sacred: Girard, Durkheim and structuralism -- Power and the sacred: Girard and Weber -- The enemy scenario -- Dualism as a victimary form of social organization -- Centralism -- The Neo-Frazerians -- The scenario of conflict avoidance -- The King as sovereign and as a Big Man -- Conclusion: scenario, cultural form and historical events -- 2. Ethnological connections between the Nile and the Kidepo -- The geographical setting -- Delimitation of the 'ethnological field of study' -- The Eastern Nilotic connection -- The Madi connection -- The Lwo connection -- The iron connection -- Melting-pot -- 3. Modes of subsistence and social organization -- Sorghum, 'provider of life' -- Work-parties and the Big Man -- Cattle and the fly -- Hunting and egalitarianism -- The village: size, layout and defence works -- The monyomiji -- Sections -- Interclan relations -- 4. The passing of the glamour: the Bari -- The Beautiful, the brave, and the earthly -- Bari: The collapse of the hegemony of the Bilinyan Bekat -- The cargo chiefs (1859-1885) -- The steamer cult -- The era of the warlords (1885-1898) -- The government chiefs -- Conclusion -- 5. The twin kingdoms: the Lotuho -- The traders (1860-1875) -- The 'Nacar' (1888-1897) -- The Uganda Protectorate (1898-1914) -- The Condominium (1914-1954): Tirangore -- The Condominium: Loronyo -- Conclusion. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| ISBN: | 9004618023 |