The character of kingship

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Berg
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Cover of: The character of kingship
The character of kingship
2005, Berg
in English - English ed.
Cover of: CHARACTER OF KINGSHIP; ED. BY DECLAN QUIGLEY.
CHARACTER OF KINGSHIP; ED. BY DECLAN QUIGLEY.
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Table of Contents

Introduction : The character of kingship / Declan Quigley
Forms of sacralized power in Africa / Luc de Heusch
Sacred king, sacrificial victim, surrogate victim or Frazer, Hocart, Girard / Lucien Scubla
A reply to Lucien Scubla / Luc de Heusch
Tragedy, ritual, and power in Nilotic regicide : the regicidal dramas of the eastern Nilotes of Sudan in comparative perspective / Simon Simonse
The transgressive nature of kingship in caste organization : monstrous royal doubles in Nepal / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Kingship and untouchability / Declan Quigley
Kingship and caste in Africa : history, diffusion, and evolution / Tal Tamari
King house : the mobile polity in northern Ghana / Susan Drucker-Brown
Kings and tribes in east India : the internal political dimension / Burkhard Schnepel
Japanese monarchy in historical and comparative perspective / Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Chiefs and kings in Polynesia / Henri J. M. Claessen.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Developed from discussions held during a conference on kingship in St. Andrews, Scotland in January 2002"--Acknowledgements.

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Oxford, UK, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306
Library of Congress
GN492.7 .C43 2005, GN492.7

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3403336M
Internet Archive
characterkingshi00quig
ISBN 10
1845202902, 1845202910
ISBN 13
9781845202903, 9781845202910
LCCN
2005018454
OCLC/WorldCat
1158313655, 60371538
Goodreads
4564919

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