An edition of The Headless State
(2007)
The headless state
aristocratic orders, kinship society, and misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia
by David Sneath
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Aristocracy (Political science), Clans, Politics and government, Power (Social sciences), Tribal government, Power (social sciences), Aristocracy (political science), Asia, central, politics and government, General, Central asia, Historiography, Medieval, Social sciences -> anthropology -> general anthropology, Social sciences -> history -> asian history, Social sciences -> history -> general, Social sciences -> history -> european historyPlaces
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The headless state: aristocratic orders, kinship society, and misrepresentations of nomadic inner Asia
2007, Columbia University Press
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The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia
November 28, 2007, Columbia University Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The myth of the kinship society : evolutionism and the anthropological imagination
The imaginary tribe : colonial and imperial orders and the peripheral polity
The state construction of the clan : the unilineal descent group and the ordering of
The essentialized nomad : neocolonial and soviet models
Creating peoples : nation-state history and the notion of identity
The headless state : aristocratic orders and the substrata of power.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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