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The Politics Of Custom - Chiefship, Capital, And The State In Contemporary Africa (Paperback) Loot Price: R388
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The Politics Of Custom - Chiefship, Capital, And The State In Contemporary Africa (Paperback)

John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff

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How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expected, indigenous sovereigns are instead a rising force, often wielding substantial power and legitimacy despite major changes in the workings of the global political economy in the post–Cold War era—changes in which they are themselves deeply implicated.

This pathbreaking volume, edited by anthropologists John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff, explores the reasons behind the increasingly assertive politics of custom in many corners of Africa. Chiefs come in countless guises—from university professors through cosmopolitan businessmen to subsistence farmers–but, whatever else they do, they are a critical key to understanding the tenacious hold that “traditional” authority enjoys in the late modern world.

Together the contributors explore this counterintuitive chapter in Africa’s history and, in so doing, place it within the broader world-making processes of the twenty-first century.

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Imprint: Wits University Press
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: August 2018
Editors: John L. Comaroff • Jean Comaroff
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-77614-320-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > History > African history > General
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LSN: 1-77614-320-5
Barcode: 9781776143207

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