ISBN:
9781805392897
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 240 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Methodology and history in anthropology 46
Series Statement:
Methodology and history in anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Politische Führung
;
Afrika
;
Sommerfelt, Axel / 1926-
;
Anthropology / Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Politics and culture / Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Ethnic groups / Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan / Ethnic relations / Political aspects
;
Anthropologie / Afrique subsaharienne
;
Politique et culture / Afrique subsaharienne
;
Groupes ethniques / Afrique subsaharienne
;
Afrique subsaharienne / Relations interethniques / Aspect politique
;
Afrika
;
Politische Führung
;
Ethnische Gruppe
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface / Axel Sommerfelt -- Introduction / Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Marek Jakoubek and Tone Sommerfelt -- Political Cohesion in a Stateless Society: The Tallensi of the Northern Territory of the Gold Coast (Ghana) -- First Impressions from Bukonjo -- Village Politics and the Administration of Justice among the Konjo of Bwamba -- The Bakonjo on Both Sides of the Congo-Uganda Border -- Intertribal Relations in Bwamba, Western Uganda -- Justice, Morality and Belief in Conflict Resolution Processes -- Ethnopolitics and the Uses of History among the Konzo of Uganda at the End of the Colonial Period -- Resistance and Profession: An Interview with Axel Sommerfelt / Jan Ketil Simonsen and Rune Flikke -- The African Connection / Adam Kuper
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