Politics Law And Ritual - Softcover

GLUCKMAN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631087508 ISBN 13: 9780631087502

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1972

Synopsis

Non fiction. Anthropology.

About this title

Review

"Gluckman's readers have long been waiting for him to publish a general statement of his thought unfettered by the narrow confines of the technical monograph or journal article and here it is... [A]n elegant, loosely integrated three-hundred page personal document full of insights and aphorisms... [E]asily accessible to the layman."

--Pierre L. van den Berghe, American Journal of Sociology

"This must surely rank as the best textbook on social anthropology yet to have appeared... Some of Professor Gluckman's views, especially those on the ritual in social relations, are part of anthropological controversy. But it is not a bad idea to introduce the beginning student to a little polemic. The highly instructive value of the book is indisputable."

--D. J. Parkin, Man

"[T]he analyses of the individual political systems, as well as the generalizations about power relations in the various African tribes, are most rewarding."

--Leopold Pospisil, American Anthropologist

"Gluckman's readers have long been waiting for him to publish a general statement of his thought unfettered by the narrow confines of the technical monograph or journal article and here it is... [A]n elegant, loosely integrated three-hundred page personal document full of insights and aphorisms... [E]asily accessible to the layman."

--Pierre L. van den Berghe, American Journal of Sociology

"This must surely rank as the best textbook on social anthropology yet to have appeared... Some of Professor Gluckman's views, especially those on the ritual in social relations, are part of anthropological controversy. But it is not a bad idea to introduce the beginning student to a little polemic. The highly instructive value of the book is indisputable."

--D. J. Parkin, Man

"[T]he analyses of the individual political systems, as well as the generalizations about power relations in the various African tribes, are most rewarding."

--Leopold Pospisil, American Anthropologist

"Gluckman's readers have long been waiting for him to publish a general statement of his thought unfettered by the narrow confines of the technical monograph or journal article and here it is... [A]n elegant, loosely integrated three-hundred page personal document full of insights and aphorisms... [E]asily accessible to the layman."

--Pierre L. van den Berghe, American Journal of Sociology

"This must surely rank as the best textbook on social anthropology yet to have appeared... Some of Professor Gluckman's views, especially those on the ritual in social relations, are part of anthropological controversy. But it is not a bad idea to introduce the beginning student to a little polemic. The highly instructive value of the book is indisputable."

--D. J. Parkin, Man

"[T]he analyses of the individual political systems, as well as the generalizations about power relations in the various African tribes, are most rewarding."

--Leopold Pospisil, American Anthropologist

-Gluckman's readers have long been waiting for him to publish a general statement of his thought unfettered by the narrow confines of the technical monograph or journal article and here it is... [A]n elegant, loosely integrated three-hundred page personal document full of insights and aphorisms... [E]asily accessible to the layman.-

--Pierre L. van den Berghe, American Journal of Sociology

-This must surely rank as the best textbook on social anthropology yet to have appeared... Some of Professor Gluckman's views, especially those on the ritual in social relations, are part of anthropological controversy. But it is not a bad idea to introduce the beginning student to a little polemic. The highly instructive value of the book is indisputable.-

--D. J. Parkin, Man

-[T]he analyses of the individual political systems, as well as the generalizations about power relations in the various African tribes, are most rewarding.-

--Leopold Pospisil, American Anthropologist

About the Author

Max Gluckman (1911-1975) was head of the Department of Social Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Manchester. He is well known for his many books and articles on the peoples of South and Central Africa and on social anthropology in general. He was a political activist and was strongly against the use of colonies. He directly took on social problems and cultural discrepancies such as colonialism with racism, urbanization, and labor migration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631087508
• ISBN 13: 9780631087502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 371