Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society

Max Gluckman

ISBN 10: 0631087508 / ISBN 13: 9780631087502

Published by Aldine Publishing Co., 1968

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Synopsis:

Non fiction. Anthropology.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society
Publisher: Aldine Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good