Author : E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1107678439
Originally published in 1948, this book presents the content of the Frazer Lecture in Social Anthropology for that year, which was delivered by E. E. Evans-Pritchard at Cambridge University. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in anthropology and the Nilotic peoples.
Author : Edwin Oliver James
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 1966-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004016125
Author : Audrey Butt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1315313790
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, originally published between 1950 and 1977, collected ethnographic information on the peoples of Africa, using all available sources: archives, memoirs and reports as well as anthropological research which, in 1945, had only just begun. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Author : Declan Quigley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000183416
Why has monarchy been such a prevalent institution throughout history and in such a diverse range of societies? Kingship is at the heart of both ritual and politics and has major implications for the theory of social and cultural anthropology. Yet, despite the contemporary fascination with royalty, anthropologists have sorely neglected the subject in recent decades. This book combines a strong theoretical argument with a wealth of ethnography from kingships in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Quigley gives a timely and much-needed overview of the anthropology of kingship and a crucial reassessment of the contributions of Frazer and Hocart to debates about the nature and function of royal ritual. From diverse fieldwork sites, a number of eminent anthropologists demonstrate how ritual and power intertwine to produce a series of variations around myth, tragedy and historical realities. However, underneath this diversity, two common themes invariably emerge: the attempt to portray kingship as timeless and perfect, and the dual nature of the king as sacred being and scapegoat.
Author : Kuel Maluil Jok
Publisher : Sidestone Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 908890054X
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Animism as a religion and a culture of the Nilotic peoples of the Upper River Nile in modern "Southern Sudan". It gives an account of how the animistic ritual performances of the divine chief-priests are strategies in conflict management and resolution. For centuries, the Nilotic peoples have been resisting changes to new religious identities and conservatively remained Animists. Their current interactions with the external world, however, have transformed their religious identities. At present, the Nilotics are Animist-Christians or Animist-Muslims. This does not mean that the converted Nilotics relinquish Animism and become completely assimilated to the new religious prophetic dogmas, instead, they develop compatible religious practices of Animism, Christianity and Islam. New Islamic fundamentalism in Sudan which is sweeping Africa into Islamic religious orthodoxy, where Sharia (Islamic law) is the law of the land, rejects this compatibility and categorises the Nilotics as "heathens" and "apostates". Such characterisation engenders opposing religious categories, with one side urging Sharia and the other for what this study calls "gradable" culture. Kuel Jok is a researcher at the Department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki. In Sudan, Jok obtained a degree in English Linguistics and Literature and diplomas in Philosophy and Translation. He also studied International Law in Egypt. In Europe, Jok acquired an MA in Sociology from the University of Joensuu, Finland and a PhD in the same field from the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Author : Carl-Martin Edsman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004377956
Preliminary Material /Editors The Sacral Kingship -- Zum sakralen Königtum in der Forschung der letzten hundert Jahre /Carl-Martin Edsman -- Zur Dialektik des Gottkönigtums /Hans Heinz Holz -- Der religionspsychologische Aspekt des sakralen Königtums /Adolf Allwohn -- Le caractère sacré de la souveraineté à la lumière de la psychologie collective /Edmond Rochedieu -- The High God and the King as symbols of totality /K. A. H. Hidding -- The Sacred Kingship and the priesthood /E. O. James -- Volksreligiöse Herrschaftsformen /Gustav Mensching -- The Sacral Chief among the American Indians /Paul Radin -- La place du roi divin dans les cercles culturels d'Afrique Noire /V. Van Bulck -- Divine Kingship and its partiopation in Ashanti /Rev. Patrick Akoi -- Il sacrificio del vecchio re-mago nella Cina leggendaria /P. Benedetto Fedele -- Le Roi Sacré dans l'ancien Viet-Nam /Nguyen Tran Huan -- Hindu Doctrine of Divine Kingship /A. Basu -- The Sacred Character of Ancient Indian Kingship /J. Gonda -- Le caractère royal et divin du trône dans l'Inde ancienne /Jeannine Auboyer -- La regalità sacra nell'antico Tibet /G. Tucci -- The Notion of Divine Kingship in Tantric Buddhism /D. L. Snellgrove -- La personne sacrée du Roi dans la littérature populaire Cambodgienne /Solange Thierry -- L'origine céleste de la souveraineté dans les inscriptions Paléo-Torques de Mongolie et de Sibérie /Jean-Paul Roux -- The Sacral Kingship of Iran /Geo Widengren -- The Position of the Queen in Ancient Egypt /C. J. Bleeker -- Das Königtum im Mittleren Reich /Günter Lanczkowski -- General Oriental and Specific Israelite Elements in the Israelite Conception of the Sacral Kingdom /Sigmund Mowinckel -- King David and the Sons of Saul /Arvid S. Kapelrud -- Herrschaftsform und Ichbewusstsein /Johannes Hempel -- Das erste Buch des Psalters. Eine Thronbesteigungsfestliturgie /Miloš Bič -- Les apports du psaume CX (vulg. CIX) à l'idéologie royale Israélite /J. Coppens -- Hasidic Conceptions of Kingship in the Maccabean Period /M. A. Beek -- The Consecration in the eighth Chapter of Testamentum Levi /H. Ludin Jansen -- Was there a Sacral Kingship in Minoan Crete? /Arne Furumark -- The Evidence for Divine Kings in Greece /H. J. Rose -- Mission sociale et pouvoirs magiques du poète comparés à ceux du Roi dans le lyrisme de Pindare /Jacqueline Duchemin -- Alexanders Gottkönigsgedanke und die Bewusstseinslage der Griechen und Makedonen /Fritz Taeger -- Le rex et les flamines maiores /Georges Dumézil -- Prodromes sacerdotaux de la divinisation impériale /Jean Bayet -- The Idea of the Kingdom of God in the New Testament /Frederick C. Grant -- Théocratie et monarchie selon l'Évangile /H. Clavier -- Le Conflit entre Dieu et le Souverain divinisé dans l'Apocalypse de Jean /L. Cerfaux -- The Effect of the Destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 on Primitive Christian Soteriology /S. G. F. Brandon -- L'idée de Dieu et la divinité du Roi (résumé) /H. I. Marrou -- Expressions of Cosmic Kingship in the Ancient World /H. P. L'Orange -- Der Abbau des Herrscherkultes im Zeitalter Konstantins /Kurt Aland.
Author : O'Connor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9004676708
This well-illustrated volume represents an extensive analysis of kingship in ancient Egypt. Each of the six contributing authors investigates particular areas of his own expertise. Among the topics covered are the origin of kingship, its distinctive traits and its general nature, and its reflection in royal art and architecture.
Author : Raymond Silverman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 1000428648
National Museums in Africa brings the voices of African museum professionals into dialogue with scholars and, by so doing, is able to consider the state of African national museums from fresh perspectives. Covering all regions of the continent, the volume’s thirteen chapters allow for a deep and nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay between past and present in contemporary Africa. Taking stock of the shifting museum landscape in Africa, with new players like China and South Korea challenging the conditions of cultural exchange, the book demonstrates that national museums are being rediscovered as important sites of political engagement and cultural negotiation. This is the first book to critically examine the roles national museums in Africa have played in the societies in which they are situated, but it is also the first to consider the roles that national museums might play in current debates concerning the restitution and repatriation of cultural patrimony taken from Africa during the colonial era. Informed by a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this ground-breaking book will appeal to anyone interested in museums in Africa. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students working in the areas of museum and heritage studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, history, art history and cultural studies.
Author : Christopher Wrigley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521894357
The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but in this 1996 book Christopher Wrigley endeavours to show that the stories which appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. He has written an elegant and wide-ranging study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms.
Author : Robert A. Paul
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9788120805682
