Kings of Disaster : : Dualism, Centralism and the Scapegoat King in Southeastern Sudan / / Simon Simonse.

This study of the rainmakers of the Nilotic Sudan means a breakthrough in anthropological thinking on African political systems. Taking his inspiration from Rene Girard's theory of consensual scapegoating the author shows that the long standing distinction of states and stateless societies as t...

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Superior document:Studies in human society ; Volume 5
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : BRILL,, 1992.
Year of Publication:1992
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in human society ; Volume 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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