Dynamics of Political Domination in Africa

An Axel Sommerfelt Collection

Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Marek Jakoubek, Tone Sommerfelt (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

252 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-289-7 (ISBN)

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Axel Sommerfelt has been an important influence on Norwegian and Scandinavian anthropology, but his contributions are almost unknown. This book brings together some of his critical writings, newly written articles and an interview which positions him in the history of ‘North Sea’ social anthropology and shows his continued relevance. An Africanist, Sommerfelt did research in Ruwenzori (Uganda and Belgian Congo), but also wrote about the Tallensi (Ghana) and worked for years in Salisbury (Harare) before being evicted by Ian Smith's racist regime in 1966. His contributions to political anthropology, methodology and legal anthropology have a lasting value.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. He is an honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute and external scientific member of the Max Planck Society. His recent books include Boomtown (2018) Acceleration and Cultural Change (2023) and the co-edited Responding to the Anthropocene (2023).

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Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Political Cohesion in a Stateless Society: The Tallensi of the Northern Territory of the Gold Coast (Ghana)

Chapter 2. First Impressions from Bukonjo

Chapter 3. Village Politics and the Administration of Justice among the Konjo of Bwamba

Chapter 4. The Bakonjo on Both Sides of the Congo-Uganda Border

Chapter 5. Intertribal Relations in Bwamba, Western Uganda

Chapter 6. Justice, Morality and Belief in Conflict Resolution Processes

Chapter 7. Ethnopolitics and the Uses of History among the Konzo of Uganda at the End of the Colonial Period

Chapter 8. Resistance and Profession: An Interview with Axel Sommerfelt

Afterword: The African Connection

Adam Kuper

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.02.2024
Reihe/Serie	Methodology & History in Anthropology
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-289-1 / 1805392891
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-289-7 / 9781805392897
Zustand	Neuware