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A study of communities in the Horn of Africa where reciprocity is a dominant social principle, offering a concrete countermodel to the hierarchical state.
Law as Refuge of Anarchy
Societies without Hegemony or State
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232 pages
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2 April 2019
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Summary
A study of communities in the Horn of Africa where reciprocity is a dominant social principle, offering a concrete countermodel to the hierarchical state.Over the course of history, people have developed many varieties of communal life; the state, with its hierarchical structure, is only one of the possibilities for society. In this book, leading anthropologist Hermann Amborn identifies a countermodel to the state, describing communities where reciprocity is a dominant social principle and wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536585 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262536587 |
| Author: | Hermann Amborn, Adrian Nathan West |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 114mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Untimely Meditations |
About The Author
Hermann Amborn
Hermann Amborn is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit t M nchen.
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