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The Imbalance of Power - Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon (Paperback)
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The Imbalance of Power - Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon (Paperback)
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Amerindian societies have an iconic status in classical political
thought. For Montaigne, Hobbes, Locke, Hume and Rousseau, the
native American 'state of nature' operates as a foil for the
European polity. Challenging this tradition, The Imbalance of Power
demonstrates ethnographically that the Carib speaking indigenous
societies of the Guiana region of Amazonia do not fit conventional
characterizations of 'simple' political units with 'egalitarian'
political ideologies and 'harmonious' relationships with nature.
Marc Brightman builds a persuasive and original theory of
Amerindian politics: far from balanced and egalitarian, Carib
societies are rife with tension and difference; but this imbalance
conditions social dynamism and a distinctive mode of cohesion. The
Imbalance of Power is based on the author's fieldwork in
partnership with Vanessa Grotti, who is working on a companion
volume entitled Living with the Enemy: First Contacts and the
Making of Christian Bodies in Amazonia.
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